CVE-2017-8368

Published: Jul 5, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

Sublime Text 3 Build 3126 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .mkv file. One threat model is a victim who obtains an untrusted crafted file from a remote location and issues several user-defined commands, as demonstrated by Ctrl-A, Delete, and Ctrl-Z.

Affected (1)

Products: Sublimetext: Sublime Text 3

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Sublimetext Sublime Text 3	All versions

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (4)

https://github.com/SublimeTextIssues/Core/issues/1700

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-8368

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/SublimeTextIssues/Core/issues/1700

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-8368

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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