| Name | CVE-2018-16429 |
| Description | GNOME GLib 2.56.1 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in g_markup_parse_context_parse() in gmarkup.c, related to utf8_str(). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| glib2.0 (PTS) | jessie | 2.42.1-1 | vulnerable |
| jessie (security) | 2.42.1-1+deb8u1 | vulnerable | |
| stretch | 2.50.3-2 | vulnerable | |
| buster | 2.58.3-2 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 2.58.3-3 | fixed | |
| sid | 2.60.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| glib2.0 | source | (unstable) | 2.58.0-1 | low |
[stretch] - glib2.0 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - glib2.0 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/commit/cec71705406f0b2790422f0c1aa0ff3b4b464b1b
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/1361