CVE-2020-35457

Description

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

Weakness classification

• nvd@nist.gov: CWE-190

Primary references

• cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Vendor Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory