CVE-2020-35457 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

Published: 2020-12-14

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0019.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/commit/63c5b62f0a984fac9a9700b12f54fe878e016a5d
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2197
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/releases/2.65.3

History

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Subscriptions

Gnome Glib

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-12-14T22:25:09.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:02:07.975Z

Reserved: 2020-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-35457

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-14T23:15:12.173

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:27:19.393

Link: CVE-2020-35457

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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