CVE-2018-17231

Summary

CVECVE-2018-17231
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-19 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:54:00 UTC
Description** DISPUTED ** Telegram Desktop (aka tdesktop) 1.3.14 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via an "Edit color palette" search that triggers an "index out of range" condition. NOTE: this issue is disputed by multiple third parties because the described attack scenario does not cross a privilege boundary.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-617

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Telegram Telegram Desktop 1.3.14 All All All
Application Telegram Telegram Desktop 1.3.14 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - tdesktop 1.3.14: index out of range MISC www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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