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Medium severity4.7OSV Advisory· Published Oct 19, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

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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Affected products

5
  • Xfce/ThunarOSV3 versions
    thunar-0.3.0beta1, thunar-0.3.2beta2, thunar-0.9.0, …+ 2 more
    • (no CPE)range: thunar-0.3.0beta1, thunar-0.3.2beta2, thunar-0.9.0, …
    • cpe:2.3:a:xfce:thunar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.6.15
    • (no CPE)range: = 1.6.15
  • Xfce/Xfce2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:xfce:xfce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:xfce:xfce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <4.12
    • (no CPE)range: = 4.12

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