CVE-2018-14036

6.5 mediumEPSS 3.0%

Directory Traversal with ../ sequences occurs in AccountsService before 0.6.50 because of an insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() in user.c.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 3.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 87% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-22
Published: 2018-07-13
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

freedesktop:accountsservice

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/02/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104757
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107085
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1099699
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=f9abd359f71a5bce421b9ae23432f539a067847a

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