VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-29499
GVariant deserialization fails to validate that the input conforms to the expected format, leading to denial of service.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.77%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.77%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A flaw was found in GLib. GVariant deserialization fails to validate that the input conforms to the expected format, leading to denial of service.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.77% probability · 54th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- gnome/glib
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29499Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2211828Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2794Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00030.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-18
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0001/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29499Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2211828Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2794Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00030.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-18
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0001/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.