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CVE-2018-14424 High

CVE-2018-14424

The daemon in GDM through 3.29.1 does not properly unexport display objects from its D-Bus interface when they are destroyed, which allows a local attacker to trigger a use-after-free via a specially crafted sequence of D-Bus method calls, resulting in a denial of service or potential code execution.

Exploit probability 0.5%
Published August 14, 2018
Required by Not available
Last source change July 15, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Unknown Unknown

251 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-14424

The daemon in GDM through 3.29.1 does not properly unexport display objects from its D-Bus interface when they are destroyed, which allows a local attacker to trigger a use-after-free via a specially crafted sequence of D-Bus method calls, resulting in a denial of service or potential code execution.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence