libgedit.a in GNOME gedit through 3.22.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a file that begins with many '\0' characters.
Severity
CVSS 3.0
5.5 medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 83% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)