CVE-2018-14424
CVSS V2 Medium 4.6
CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
The daemon in GDM through 3.29.1 does not properly unexport display objects from its D-Bus interface when they are destroyed, which allows a local attacker to trigger a use-after-free via a specially crafted sequence of D-Bus method calls, resulting in a denial of service or potential code execution.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2018-14424
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2018-08-14T18:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2018-10-18T20:21:10
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 3.29.1 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- LOCAL
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 4.6
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.8
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 1.8
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3737-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/issues/401 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4270 | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105179 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00003.html | Mailing List |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14424 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14424 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 18:06:26 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 11:07:56 | 2018-08-14T18:29Z | 2018-08-14T18:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 11:07:56 | 2018-10-18T20:21:10 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 11:07:56 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |