NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting glib2.0 package, versions <2.40.2-0ubuntu1.1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
3.19% (92nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-GLIB20-300098
- published 25 Sep 2018
- disclosed 4 Sep 2018
Introduced: 4 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-16428 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04
glib2.0
to version 2.40.2-0ubuntu1.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glib2.0
package and not the glib2.0
package as distributed by Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:14.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
In GNOME GLib 2.56.1, g_markup_parse_context_end_parse() in gmarkup.c has a NULL pointer dereference.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-16428
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00029.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16428
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/commit/fccef3cc822af74699cca84cd202719ae61ca3b9
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/1364
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/14/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105210
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3767-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3767-2/