CVE-2018-16428

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2018-09-04
CWE:
CWE-119
Bugzilla:
1626145: CVE-2018-16428 glib2: NULL pointer dereference in g_markup_parse_context_end_parse() function in gmarkup.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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

Find out more about CVE-2018-16428 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.1
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 firefox Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 thunderbird Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 glib2 Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 thunderbird Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 glib2 Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 firefox Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 glib2 Under investigation

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