CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-32636

MediumCVSS 4.7
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.79%

55th percentile - higher than 55% of all known CVEs

Summary

In glib, the gvariant deserialization code is vulnerable to denial of service due to additional input validation introduced to resolve CVE-2023-29499. The offset table validation may be very slow. This bug does not affect any released version of glib but affects distributors who backported the initial fix for CVE-2023-29499.

Risk Assessment

Applications using the affected glib version may experience slowdowns or hangs when processing malicious gvariant data. The risk mainly affects environments with the backported CVE-2023-29499 fix.

Recommendation

Apply the glib fix for CVE-2023-32636 or update to a version containing the complete resolution. Verify whether the CVE-2023-29499 backport was applied in your environment.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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-2023-29499.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS