CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in GNOME gtkhtml 1.1.10. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
gtkhtml before 1.1.10, as used in Evolution, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed message that causes a null pointer dereference.
The bug was discovered 09/09/2003. The weakness was released 09/17/2003 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0541 since 07/14/2003. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14075 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gtkhtml (MDKSA-2003:093)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 1.1.10 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 1 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (13137) and Tenable (14075).
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Class: Null pointer dereferenceCWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 14075
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gtkhtml (MDKSA-2003:093)
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OpenVAS ID: 53536
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 710-1 (gtkhtml)
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Upgrade: gtkhtml 1.1.10
Timeline
07/14/2003 🔍09/09/2003 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: gnome.orgAdvisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2003-0541 (🔍)
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X-Force: 13137
Vulnerability Center: 7677 - DoS in GtkHTML < 1.1.10 via Null Pointer, Medium
OSVDB: 2147 - DSA 710-1 - New gtkhtml packages fix denial of service
Entry
Created: 08/15/2014 00:57Updated: 05/31/2019 17:00
Changes: 08/15/2014 00:57 (71), 05/31/2019 17:00 (4)
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