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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting glib2 package, versions <0:2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.3

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.54% (78th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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SUSE
4 medium
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-GLIB2-5538605
  • published 17 May 2023
  • disclosed 4 Sep 2018
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Introduced: 4 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16429 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 glib2 to version 0:2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2049.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glib2 package and not the glib2 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNOME GLib 2.56.1 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in g_markup_parse_context_parse() in gmarkup.c, related to utf8_str().

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