A flaw was found in GLib. A buffer over-read can occur in the g_regex_replace function when used with the G_REGEX_RAW compile flag and case-change replacement escapes because the string_append function processes matched substrings using UTF-8 functions that assume valid UTF-8 input, even when the string is treated as raw bytes. This vulnerability can cause a minor information disclosure of 1-5 bytes and a denial of service when the buffer over-read crosses a page boundary.
Weakness
The product reads from a buffer using buffer access mechanisms such as indexes or pointers that reference memory locations after the targeted buffer.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glib | Gnome | * | 2.86.5 (excluding) |
| Glib | Gnome | 2.88.0 (including) | 2.88.0 (including) |
| Enterprise_linux | Redhat | 6.0 (including) | 6.0 (including) |
| Enterprise_linux | Redhat | 7.0 (including) | 7.0 (including) |
| Enterprise_linux | Redhat | 8.0 (including) | 8.0 (including) |
| Enterprise_linux | Redhat | 9.0 (including) | 9.0 (including) |
| Enterprise_linux | Redhat | 10.0 (including) | 10.0 (including) |
| Glib2.0 | Ubuntu | questing | * |
| Glib2.0 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |