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Vulnerability details: VCID-z322-5vpm-ubba
Vulnerability ID VCID-z322-5vpm-ubba
Aliases CVE-2023-32665
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.9
Risk 3.0
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 6.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-32665.json
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32665
ssvc Track https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00055 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
epss 0.00059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2211827
ssvc Track https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2211827
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2121
ssvc Track https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2121
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00030.html
ssvc Track https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00030.html
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32665
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-18
ssvc Track https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-18
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0006/
ssvc Track https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0006/
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-32665.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32665
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2211827
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32665
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2121
202311-18 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-18
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
CVE-2023-32665 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32665
CVE-2023-32665 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32665
msg00030.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00030.html
ntap-20240426-0006 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0006/
RHSA-2023:6631 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6631
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:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-32665.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32665
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2023-11-27T17:04:41Z/ Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32665
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2211827
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2023-11-27T17:04:41Z/ Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2211827
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:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2121
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2023-11-27T17:04:41Z/ Found at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2121
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00030.html
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2023-11-27T17:04:41Z/ Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00030.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32665
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-18
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2023-11-27T17:04:41Z/ Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-18
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0006/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2023-11-27T17:04:41Z/ Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0006/
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.17154
EPSS Score 0.00055
Published At Sept. 25, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:36:57.869665+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/6165-1/ 37.0.0