CVE-2018-18398 Information

Description

Xfce Thunar 1.6.15 when Xfce 4.12 is used mishandles the IBus-Unikey input method for file searches within File Manager leading to an out-of-bounds read and SEGV. This could potentially be exploited by an arbitrary local user who creates files in /tmp before the victim uses this input method.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://0xd0ff9.wordpress.com/2018/10/18/cve-2018-18398/

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

4.7