{"id":"CVE-2017-14108","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-14108","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:54:18.561Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2017-09-05T06:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:05:36.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-400"],"affected":["gnome/gedit"],"epss":{"score":0.02325,"percentile":0.83408,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.03759,"percentile":0.89436},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.02325,"percentile":0.82743}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=791037","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017090008","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143983/libgedit.a-3.22.1-Denial-Of-Service.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=791037","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017090008","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143983/libgedit.a-3.22.1-Denial-Of-Service.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14108","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}