# CVE-2018-16429: GNOME GLib 2.56.1 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in g\_markup\_parse\_context\_parse() in gmarkup.c, related to utf8\_str().

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-09-04 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

GNOME GLib 2.56.1 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in g_markup_parse_context_parse() in gmarkup.c, related to utf8_str().

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## References

- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/1361
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3767-1/
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/commit/cec71705406f0b2790422f0c1aa0ff3b4b464b1b
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3767-2/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00029.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

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