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CVE-2018-16428

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Sep 04, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
9.8 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16428
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

In GNOME GLib 2.56.1, g_markup_parse_context_end_parse() in gmarkup.c has a NULL pointer dereference.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
GlibGnome2.56.1 (including)2.56.1 (including)
Glib2.0Ubuntubionic*
Glib2.0Ubuntudevel*
Glib2.0Ubuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Glib2.0Ubuntuesm-infra/bionic*
Glib2.0Ubuntuesm-infra/xenial*
Glib2.0Ubuntutrusty*
Glib2.0Ubuntutrusty/esm*
Glib2.0Ubuntuupstream*
Glib2.0Ubuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References

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