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CVE-2018-17780

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17780 describes an IP address leakage vulnerability in Telegram Desktop 1.3.14 and Telegram 3.3.0.0 WP8.1 on Windows. This medium severity flaw (CVSS 6.5) stems from an unsafe default behavior where P2P connections for calls are accepted from contacts outside the user's "My Contacts" list, allowing an attacker to discover a user's public and private IP addresses. The attack requires low privileges and no user interaction, leading to a high confidentiality impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of the issue.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:telegram:telegram_desktop:1.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:telegram:telegram_messenger:3.3.0.0:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0178 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 21,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

inputzero.io / 2018/09/bug-bounty-telegram-cve-2018-17780.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105521
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry