CVE-2023-32636

Medium

Description

A flaw was found in glib, where the gvariant deserialization code is vulnerable to a denial of service introduced by additional input validation added to resolve CVE-2023-29499. The offset table validation may be very slow. 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-2023-29499.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.7
Exploit probability—
ProductGnome Glib
PublishedSep 14, 2023
First seenSep 14, 2023

How to fix

Update
  • gnome glib2.74.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
gnome glibv < 2.74.42.74.4

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