A flaw was found in glib, where the gvariant deserialization code is vulnerable to a denial of service introduced by additional input validation added to resolve CVE-2023-29499.

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1. Sep 14, 2023 · NIST NVD

   Detected

   A flaw was found in glib, where the gvariant deserialization code is vulnerable to a denial of service introduced by additional input validation added to resolve CVE-2023-29499. The offset table validation may be very slow. This bug does not affect any released version of glib but does affect glib distributors who followed the guidance of glib developers to backport the initial fix for CVE-2023-29

2. Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Updated

   A flaw was found in glib, where the gvariant deserialization code is vulnerable to a denial of service introduced by additional input validation added to resolve CVE-2023-29499. The offset table validation may be very slow. This bug does not affect any released version of glib but does affect glib distributors who followed the guidance of glib developers to backport the initial fix for CVE-2023-29

Affected

• cpe gnome/glibversion unspecified

Sources

• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-32636

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-32636

  30-day exploitation probability 0.8%

  first.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2023-32636

  A flaw was found in glib, where the gvariant deserialization code is vulnerable to a denial of service introduced by additional input validation added to resolve CVE-2023-29499. The offset table validation may be very slow. This bug does not affect any released version of glib bu

  nvd.nist.gov

References

• Reference · cert-portal.siemens.com
• Issue Tracking · gitlab.gnome.org
• Broken Link · https
• Third Party Advisory · security.netapp.com