CVE-2018-17231 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Telegram Desktop (tdesktop) version 1.3.14. An attacker could trigger an assertion failure and application exit by performing a specific "Edit color palette" search, leading to an "index out of range" error. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges, resulting in high availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.3.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:telegram:telegram_desktop:1.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.