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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2023-29499

CVE-2023-29499

MEDIUM5.5

Gvariant offset table entry size is not checked in is_normal()

Published Sep 14, 2023

Modified 2 months ago

Details

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

References

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2211828

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/

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29499

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

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

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management

Resource Exhaustion

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedSep 14, 2023

ModifiedDec 18, 2025

CVE-2023-29499 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence