Denial of Service Vulnerability in GNOME Gedit Text Editor
CVE-2017-14108

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Key Information:

Vendor: Gnome
Status: Gedit
Vendor: CVE Published:; 5 September 2017

What is CVE-2017-14108?

A vulnerability in the libgedit.a library within GNOME's text editor, gedit, allows attackers to craft malicious files starting with a high number of null characters ('\0'). When processed, these files can trigger excessive CPU consumption, leading to a denial of service. This issue affects versions of gedit up to 3.22.1, making it critical for users to avoid opening untrusted files in the application.