PT-2018-13958 · Telegram+2 · Telegram Desktop+2

Dhiraj Mishra · Published 2018-09-19 · Updated 2024-08-05 · CVE-2018-17231

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Telegram Desktop (aka tdesktop) version 1.3.14

Description The issue might allow attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an assertion failure and application exit, via an "Edit color palette" search that triggers an "index out of range" condition. This issue is disputed by multiple third parties because the described attack scenario does not cross a privilege boundary.

Recommendations For Telegram Desktop (aka tdesktop) version 1.3.14, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the "Edit color palette" feature until a patch is available. Avoid using the "Edit color palette" search function to minimize the risk of triggering the "index out of range" condition. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Assertion Failure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-617

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2831

CVE-2018-17231

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Debian

Telegram Desktop

References · 16

• 🔥 https://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/19/8 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17231 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17231 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17231 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/telegram-desktop · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2018-2831 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17780 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17231 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17231 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17231 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17231 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17231 · Vendor Advisory
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2018-17231 · Note
• https://inputzero.io/2018/09/bug-bounty-telegram-cve-2018-17780.html · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/89177 · Telegram Post