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CVE-2018-17231

N/A

Published: September 19, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:45 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorTelegram Desktop

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

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

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Telegram Desktop · Telegram

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/19/8

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-617

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