7.1

CVE-2017-14108: gnome gedit Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 7.1v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-14108DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14108
Published 05-09-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-14108 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in gnome gedit. EPSS estimates a 2.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
39/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.33%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 05-09-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.33% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.33%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (packetstormsecurity.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • geditAll versions (No fix recorded)
Gnome1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • geditAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

6 links