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gedit — security advisory
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.
- Products
- gedit
- Affected versions
- 3.10.4-0ubuntu13, 3.18.1-1ubuntu1, 3.18.2-1ubuntu1, 3.18.2-1ubuntu2, 3.18.2-1ubuntu3, 3.18.2-1ubuntu4, 3.18.3-0ubuntu1, 3.18.3-0ubuntu2, 3.18.3-0ubuntu3, 3.18.3-0ubuntu4, 3.22.1-1ubuntu1, 3.22.1-3ubuntu1, 3.27.92-1ubuntu1, 3.28.0-1ubuntu1, 3.28.1-1ubuntu1, 3.28.1-1ubuntu1.1, 3.28.1-1ubuntu1.2, 3.34.0-1, 3.34.0-1build1, 3.35.90-1, 3.36.0-3, 3.36.1-1, 3.36.2-0ubuntu1, 40.1-1, 40.1-2, 40.1-3, 41.0-3, 44.2-1, 46.1-3, 46.1-3build2, 46.2-1build1, 46.2-2, 48.1-2, 48.1-4build1, 48.1-5, 48.1-7, 48.1-9, 48.1-9build1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2017-14108
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:22 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
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Complete source record
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