Out-of-bounds read in Gnome GLib - CVE-2018-16429
Published: September 4, 2018 / Updated: December 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14608
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16429
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Gnome Development Team
Affected software:
Gnome GLib
Gnome GLib
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds read vulnerability in g_markup_parse_context_parse() in gmarkup.c, related to utf8_str(). A local attacker can execute a specially crafted application or file that submits malicious input and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-16429
Install update from vendor's website.