Bug 1488335 (CVE-2017-14108) - CVE-2017-14108 gedit: CPU consumption via crafted file
Summary: CVE-2017-14108 gedit: CPU consumption via crafted file
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-14108
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1488336
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-09-05 07:56 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:20 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:24:03 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-09-05 07:56:46 UTC 
libgedit.a in GNOME gedit through 3.22.1 allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a file that begins with
many '\0' characters.

Reference:

https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017090008
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-09-05 07:57:17 UTC 
Created gedit tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1488336]
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