Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-17231 - Reachable Assertion vulnerability in Telegram Desktop 1.3.14

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
telegram
CWE-617

Summary

Telegram Desktop (aka tdesktop) 1.3.14 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via an "Edit color palette" search that triggers an "index out of range" condition. NOTE: this issue is disputed by multiple third parties because the described attack scenario does not cross a privilege boundary

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Telegram
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)