VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-17231

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.47%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-09-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Telegram Desktop (aka tdesktop) 1.3.14 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via an "Edit color palette" search that triggers an "index out of range" condition. NOTE: this issue is disputed by multiple third parties because the described attack scenario does not cross a privilege boundary

Weakness classification

  • CWE-617: Reachable Assertion

Primary references