CVE-2018-17613
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.29%
Description
Telegram Desktop (aka tdesktop) 1.3.16 alpha, when "Use proxy" is enabled, sends credentials and application data in cleartext over the SOCKS5 protocol.
How to fix CVE-2018-17613
No fixed version has been published yet. Mitigate by removing the affected package or applying upstream guidance from the references below.
- Debian/telegram-desktop—no fix listed
Is CVE-2018-17613 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |