Reachable Assertion Affecting telegram-desktop package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.47% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-TELEGRAMDESKTOP-18016483
  • published19 Jul 2026
  • 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 Echo:latest 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest 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