Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-35457

Title: GNOME GLib g_option_group_add_entries Integer Overflow

Out-of-bounds Write

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2020-35457.

CWE Category CWE-190

Published Date Dec 14, 2020

Modified Date Nov 21, 2024

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.57%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-35457: 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

Impacted Vendors

gnome 1

Reference Links

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/commit/63c5b62f0a984fac9a9700b12f54fe878e016a5d https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2197 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/releases/2.65.3 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/commit/63c5b62f0a984fac9a9700b12f54fe878e016a5d https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2197 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/releases/2.65.3

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-35457 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

November 21, 2024 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 14, 2020 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.