CVE-2018-14036

Publication date 13 July 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
accountsservice	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Ignored end of life
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 0.6.45-1ubuntu1.3
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.6.40-2ubuntu11.6
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3+esm2

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
accountsservice	Other: ?id=f9a

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N