Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 14, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2020-35457
CVE-2020-35457
Description
GNOME GLib before 2.65.3 has an integer overflow, that might lead to an out-of-bounds write, in g_option_group_add_entries. NOTE: the vendor's position is "Realistically this is not a security issue. The standard pattern is for callers to provide a static list of option entries in a fixed number of calls to g_option_group_add_entries()." The researcher states that this pattern is undocumented
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Affected products
2- GNOME/GLibdescription
- Range: <2.65.3
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References
3- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/commit/63c5b62f0a984fac9a9700b12f54fe878e016a5dmitrex_refsource_MISC
- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2197mitrex_refsource_MISC
- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/releases/2.65.3mitrex_refsource_MISC
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