CVE-2020-35457
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.006 · 47 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–7.8
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affected products (9)
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references (10)
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- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/commit/63c5b62f0a984fac9a9700b12f54fe878e016a5dcnnvd
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2197cnnvd
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/releases/2.65.3cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35457cnnvd
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/commit/63c5b62f0a984fac9a9700b12f54fe878e016a5denisa_euvd
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2197enisa_euvd
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/releases/2.65.3enisa_euvd
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/commit/63c5b62f0a984fac9a9700b12f54fe878e016a5dPatchVendor Advisorynvd
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