CVE-2023-29499

low-risk
Published 2023-09-14

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

Do I need to act?

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0.12% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Gnome

References (12)

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29499
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2211828
Issue Tracking https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2794
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00030.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-18
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0001/
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29499
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2211828
Issue Tracking https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2794
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00030.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-18
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0001/
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal