TI-2017-05925 Aliases CVE-2017-8368 GHSA-mc3f-fcg5-pw3m

Sublime Text 3 Build 3126 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service or…

LOW 36CWE-119Published 2017-07-05 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Sublime Text 3 Build 3126 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .mkv file. One threat model is a victim who obtains an untrusted crafted file from a remote location and issues several user-defined commands, as demonstrated by Ctrl-A, Delete, and Ctrl-Z.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00912 60th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:sublimetext:sublime_text_3:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Vulnerable	Sublimetext

cpe:2.3:a:sublimetext:sublime_text_3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Sublimetext

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-8368
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mc3f-fcg5-pw3m

References

Advisory 1

https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-8368

Other 1

https://github.com/SublimeTextIssues/Core/issues/1700

TI-2025-40432 Sublime Text 3 Build 3208 or prior for MacOS is vulnerable to Dylib Injection. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2019-06585 DLL hijacking is possible in Sublime Text 3 version 3.1.1 build 3176 on 32-bit Windows… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8

Sources

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