Unrated severityOSV Advisory· Published Oct 19, 2018· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2018-18398
CVE-2018-18398
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.
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References
1- 0xd0ff9.wordpress.com/2018/10/18/cve-2018-18398/mitrex_refsource_MISC
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