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Vendor: Gnome • 2 CVEs

CVEs (2)

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CVE-2017-14108
1Gnome
1Gedit
May 13, 2026
Sep 5, 2017
N/A· v4
5.5 MEDIUM· v3
7.1 HIGH· v2
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.
CVE-2005-1686
1Gnome
1Gedit
Apr 16, 2026
May 20, 2005
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
2.6 LOW· v2
Format string vulnerability in gedit 2.10.2 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a bin file with format string specifiers in the filename. NOTE: while this issue is triggered on the c...Show more
Format string vulnerability in gedit 2.10.2 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a bin file with format string specifiers in the filename. NOTE: while this issue is triggered on the command line by the gedit user, it has been reported that web browsers and email clients could be configured to provide a file name as an argument to gedit, so there is a valid attack that crosses security boundaries.Show less