# CVE-2023-32611: G\_variant\_byteswap() can take a long time with some non-normal inputs

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-09-14 · Updated: 2026-10-14

## Affected

- n/a glib2: version range not reported
- glib2: version range not reported
- glib2: version range not reported
- glib2: version range not reported
- glib2: version range not reported
- glib: version range not reported
- mingw-glib2: version range not reported
- mingw-glib2: version range not reported
- glib2: version range not reported
- glib2: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in GLib. GVariant deserialization is vulnerable to a slowdown issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a glib2, glib2, glib or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32611
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2211829
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2797
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00030.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231027-0005/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-18

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