Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-32643 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Gnome Glib
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2840
- https://https://discourse.gnome.org/t/multiple-fixes-for-gvariant-normalisation-issues-in-glib/12835
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0005/
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2840
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0005/
- https://https://discourse.gnome.org/t/multiple-fixes-for-gvariant-normalisation-issues-in-glib/12835