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Vulnerability details: VCID-cy7v-dhum-gfgk
Vulnerability ID VCID-cy7v-dhum-gfgk
Aliases CVE-2023-32636
Summary Uncontrolled Resource Consumption A flaw was found in glib, where the gvariant deserialization code is vulnerable to a denial of service introduced by additional input validation added to resolve CVE-2023-29499. The offset table validation may be very slow. This bug does not affect any released version of glib but does affect glib distributors who followed the guidance of glib developers to backport the initial fix for CVE-2023-29499.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.6
Risk 2.8
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
System Score Found at
cvssv3 6.2 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-32636.json
epss 0.00165 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32636
epss 0.00165 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32636
epss 0.00165 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32636
epss 0.00165 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32636
epss 0.00165 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32636
epss 0.00165 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32636
epss 0.00165 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32636
epss 0.00165 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32636
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2841
ssvc Track https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2841
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://https://discourse.gnome.org/t/multiple-fixes-for-gvariant-normalisation-issues-in-glib/12835
ssvc Track https://https://discourse.gnome.org/t/multiple-fixes-for-gvariant-normalisation-issues-in-glib/12835
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231110-0002/
ssvc Track https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231110-0002/
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-32636.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32636
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2841
2211833 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2211833
CVE-2023-32636 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32636
ntap-20231110-0002 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231110-0002/
RHSA-2024:2528 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2528
USN-6165-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6165-1/
USN-6165-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6165-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-32636.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2841
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-10-11T17:51:57Z/ Found at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2841
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://https://discourse.gnome.org/t/multiple-fixes-for-gvariant-normalisation-issues-in-glib/12835
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-10-11T17:51:57Z/ Found at https://https://discourse.gnome.org/t/multiple-fixes-for-gvariant-normalisation-issues-in-glib/12835
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231110-0002/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-10-11T17:51:57Z/ Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231110-0002/
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.37613
EPSS Score 0.00165
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:51:49.057598+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/conan/glib/CVE-2023-32636.yml 38.0.0