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CVE-2023-29499

Published: Sep 14, 2023

Modified: Dec 18, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.5

MEDIUM

Description

A flaw was found in GLib. GVariant deserialization fails to validate that the input conforms to the expected format, leading to denial of service.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	glib2	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	All versions
Fedora	Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux	All versions
Fedora	Fedora 37	All versions
Fedora	Fedora 38	All versions
Fedora	Fedora 38	All versions
Fedora	Fedora 37	All versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29499

vdb-entry

x_refsource_REDHAT

issue-tracking

x_refsource_REDHAT

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2794

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00030.html

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0001/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-18

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