CVE-2020-35457
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 14, 2020 at 10:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:13 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGLib
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
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
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/commit/63c5b62f0a984fac9a9700b12f54fe878e016a5dx_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2197x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/releases/2.65.3CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190CWE-787
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