CVE-2020-35457

Name
CVE-2020-35457
Description
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
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Patch https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/commit/63c5b62f0a984fac9a9700b12f54fe878e016a5d
Release Notes https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/releases/2.65.3
Exploit https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2197

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* glib >= None < 2.65.3

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
glib 3.12-main 2.64.6-r0 Rasmus Thomsen <oss@cogitri.dev> possibly vulnerable
glib 3.11-main 2.62.6-r0 Rasmus Thomsen <oss@cogitri.dev> possibly vulnerable
glib 3.10-main 2.60.4-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable