Reachable Assertion Affecting telegram-desktop package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-TELEGRAMDESKTOP-1560853
  • published25 Sept 2018
  • disclosed19 Sept 2018

Introduced: 19 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-17231  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:12 telegram-desktop.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream telegram-desktop package and not the telegram-desktop package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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