CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-14424

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.

4.6 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
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
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-08-14 06:29

Updated : 2018-10-18 08:21

NVD link : CVE-2018-14424

Mitre link : CVE-2018-14424

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-416