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High 7.8Published Dec 14, 2020

CVE-2020-35457GNOME GLib before 2.65.3 has an integer overflow, that might lead to an out-of-bounds write, in g_option_group_add_entries.

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It affects gnome glib. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

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

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CVSS
7.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-190, CWE-787
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Not given
NVD analysis
Modified
Record last updated
Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
gnome glib
gnome:glib
before 2.65.3
NVD

References

References

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