CVE-2023-32665

A flaw was found in GLib. GVariant deserialization is vulnerable to an exponential blowup issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32665	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2211827	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2121	Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00030.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-18
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0006/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32665	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2211827	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2121	Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00030.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-18
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0006/
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

15 Oct 2026, 00:16

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Information

Published : 2023-09-14 20:15

Updated : 2026-10-15 00:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-32665

Mitre link : CVE-2023-32665

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-32665

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnome

glib

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-502

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

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