CVE-2023-32665Medium· 5.5▾ TwilightPoC availableA flaw was found in GLib. GVariant deserialization is vulnerable to an exponential blowup issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service.
▾ Twilight zone — High severity, or a signal on a lesser flaw
impact 30.3 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 12
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA's ADP record at CVE.org: whether exploitation is observed, whether an attack can be automated, and how much of the system is at stake.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
0.4%
Exploit / PoC code exists
A flaw was found in GLib. GVariant deserialization is vulnerable to an exponential blowup issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service.
glib < 2.74.4Upgrade past the affected range:
glib 2.74.4Field changes observed since this record was first indexed.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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