5.5

CVE-2023-32665: gnome glib Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-32665DEBIAN-CVE-2023-32665
Published 14-09-2023Last modified 14-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-32665 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in gnome glib. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.39%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 3
DLA-3583-1RHSA-2023:6631RHSA-2024:2528SUSE-SU-2023:3535-1USN-6165-1USN-6165-2

Timeline

  1. 14-09-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

32%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.39% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.39%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • glib2.0< 2.74.4-1
Gnome1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • glib2.0< 2.40.2-0ubuntu1.1+esm6 | < 2.48.2-0ubuntu4.8+esm3 | < 2.56.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.9+esm3 | < 2.64.6-1~ubuntu20.04.6 | < 2.72.4-0ubuntu2.2

3 vendors · 3 products

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