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CVE-2018-14424
The daemon in GDM through 3.29.1 does not properly unexport display objects from its D-Bus interface when they are destroyed, which allows…
High7.8EPSS 0.54%
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- mitre
Description
The daemon in GDM through 3.29.1 does not properly unexport display objects from its D-Bus interface when they are destroyed, which allows a local attacker to trigger a use-after-free via a specially crafted sequence of D-Bus method calls, resulting in a denial of service or potential code execution.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.54% · top 55% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (5)
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180905 [SECURITY] [DLA 1494-1] gdm3 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/issues/401 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3737-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-4270 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 105179 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
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