CVE-2018-14424 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2018-14424 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.05% · 15.3th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.05%

15.3th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	gdm3	3.28.2-0ubuntu1.3, 0, 3.26.1-3ubuntu2
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	gdm3	0, 3.18.0-2ubuntu1, 3.18.0-2ubuntu2

Timeline

Aug 13, 2018 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14424 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3737-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14424 third-party-advisory

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