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2017-09-05
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 |
| Type | Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) |
| First patch | - None (likely due to unavailable code) |
| Links |
• https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017090008
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143983/libgedit.a-3.22.1-Denial-Of-Service.html • https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=791037 |