Out-of-Bounds Read and SEGV Vulnerability in Xfce Thunar 1.6.15

CVE-2018-18398 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Xfce Thunar 1.6.15, when Xfce 4.12 is used, mishandles the IBus-Unikey input method for file searches within File Manager, leading to an out-of-bounds read and SEGV. This could potentially be exploited by an arbitrary local user who creates files in /tmp before the victim uses this input method.

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