NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting glib2.0 package, versions <2.40.2-0ubuntu1.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.69% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-GLIB20-300098
  • published25 Sept 2018
  • disclosed4 Sept 2018

Introduced: 4 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16428  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 glib2.0 to version 2.40.2-0ubuntu1.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glib2.0 package and not the glib2.0 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In GNOME GLib 2.56.1, g_markup_parse_context_end_parse() in gmarkup.c has a NULL pointer dereference.