PT-2017-18295
CVE-2017-8368
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Published
2017-07-05
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Updated
2017-12-05
Description by
CVSS 2.0
6.8
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Sublime Text version 3 Build 3126
Description
The issue allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .mkv file. A potential threat model involves a victim obtaining an untrusted crafted file from a remote location and issuing several user-defined commands.
Recommendations
For Sublime Text version 3 Build 3126, as a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of crafted .mkv files and limiting the execution of user-defined commands until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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