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Medium 5.5Published Sep 14, 2023
CVE-2023-29499Gvariant offset table entry size is not checked in is_normal()
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A flaw was found in GLib. GVariant deserialization fails to validate that the input conforms to the expected format, leading to denial of service.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-400
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 14, 2026
Affected products
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 redhat:enterprise_linux | 6 | CNA record |
Fedora Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux fedora:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux (from the name) | All versions | CNA record |
Fedora Fedora 37 fedora:37 (from the name) | All versions | CNA record |
Fedora Fedora 38 fedora:38 (from the name) | All versions | CNA record |
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518f_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:siplus_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
gnome glib gnome:glib | before 2.74.4 | NVD |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29499vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2211828issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2794issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
- 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
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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