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Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting glib2 package, versions <0:2.36.3-5.27.amzn1

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.08% (34th percentile)
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NVD
7.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-GLIB2-6616008
  • published 17 Apr 2024
  • disclosed 14 Dec 2020
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Introduced: 14 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-35457 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-190 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-787 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 glib2 to version 0:2.36.3-5.27.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2024-1929.

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:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNOME GLib before 2.65.3 has an integer overflow, that might lead to an out-of-bounds write, in g_option_group_add_entries. NOTE: the vendor's position is "Realistically this is not a security issue. The standard pattern is for callers to provide a static list of option entries in a fixed number of calls to g_option_group_add_entries()." The researcher states that this pattern is undocumented