Findings

CVE-2023-32611

A flaw was found in GLib.

Published Sep 14, 2023 · updated Oct 15, 2026 · gnome glib

A flaw was found in GLib. GVariant deserialization is vulnerable to a slowdown issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service.

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Timeline

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  1. Sep 14, 2023 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    A flaw was found in GLib. GVariant deserialization is vulnerable to a slowdown issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service.

  2. Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    A flaw was found in GLib. GVariant deserialization is vulnerable to a slowdown issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service.

Affected

  • cpe gnome/glibversion unspecified

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-32611

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-32611

    30-day exploitation probability 0.4%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2023-32611

    A flaw was found in GLib. GVariant deserialization is vulnerable to a slowdown issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service.

    nvd.nist.gov

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