CVE-2023-32636 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-32636

Vendor Glib
Product glib
Weakness CWE-400
Published September 14, 2023
Last update February 13, 2025

CVSS base score

4.7/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 14, 2023 CVE published
February 13, 2025 Record updated