Description
A flaw was found in GLib. The GVariant deserialization code is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow introduced by the fix for CVE-2023-32665. This bug does not affect any released version of GLib, but does affect GLib distributors who followed the guidance of GLib developers to backport the initial fix for CVE-2023-32665.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2840
Broken Link
https://https://discourse.gnome.org/t/multiple-fixes-for-gvariant-normalisation-issues-in-glib/12835
Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0005/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
13.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-122
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (1)
gnome/glib
< 2.75.1
Published
Sep 14, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026