High severity · published Sep 19, 2018
CVE-2018-17231
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…
7.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TD
Telegram Desktop · Telegram
1.3.14 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17231
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17231
Exploit
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/19/8
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