UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16429

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2018-16429
Downstream
USN-3767-1
Published: 03 Sept 2018, 00:00
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 04:27

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

03 Sept 2018, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 04:27
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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().

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•glib2.0

    < 2.40.2-0ubuntu1.1 | < 2.48.2-0ubuntu4.1 | < 2.56.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2

References (5)