CVE-2005-1686

CVE-2005-1686 affects gedit/gedit-based GNOME environments. The vulnerability is a format string flaw in the handling of filenames (format specifiers in filenames) that could lead to a crash and, per multiple advisories, may allow arbitrary code execution. Public discussions in various advisories...

CVE-2017-14108

Vulnerability CVE-2017-14108 affects libgedit.a in GNOME gedit up to version 3.22.1, where a crafted file beginning with many '\0' characters can cause a denial of service via CPU exhaustion. The issue is tied to GNOME gedit’s libgedit.a component; no additional exploitation details are provided ...