VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-14036

Directory Traversal with ../ sequences occurs in AccountsService before 0.6.50 because of an insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() in user.c.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 3.05%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.05%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Directory Traversal with ../ sequences occurs in AccountsService before 0.6.50 because of an insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() in user.c.

CVSS 3.0: 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 3.05% probability · 87th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-22
Affected: freedesktop/accountsservice
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 3.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/02/2Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104757Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107085Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1099699Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=f9abd359f71a5bce421b9ae23432f539a067847aPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/02/2Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104757Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107085Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1099699Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=f9abd359f71a5bce421b9ae23432f539a067847aPatch, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.