Out-of-bounds Write Affecting glib package, versions [,2.82.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GLIB-8366874
  • published12 Nov 2024
  • disclosed11 Nov 2024
  • creditMichael Catanzaro

Introduced: 11 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-52533  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade glib to version 2.82.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write due to an off-by-one error in the gsocks4aproxy.c file. An attacker can execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1