Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types

Affecting glib2.0 package, versions *

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Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types. An issue was discovered in GNOME GLib before 2.66.7 and 2.67.x before 2.67.4. If g_byte_array_new_take() was called with a buffer of 4GB or more on a 64-bit platform, the length would be truncated modulo 2**32, causing unintended length truncation.

Remediation

There is no fixed version for glib2.0.

References

CVSS Score

7.5
high severity
  • Attack Vector
    Network
  • Attack Complexity
    Low
  • Privileges Required
    None
  • User Interaction
    None
  • Scope
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality
    None
  • Integrity
    None
  • Availability
    High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE
CVE-2021-27218
CWE
CWE-681
Snyk ID
SNYK-DEBIAN10-GLIB20-1075023
Disclosed
15 Feb, 2021
Published
16 Feb, 2021