CVE-2020-36774 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service via application crash in GNOME Glade due to improper widget rebuilding handling.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-36774?
CVE-2020-36774 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
plugins/gtk+/glade-gtk-box.c in GNOME Glade before 3.38.1 and 3.39.x before 3.40.0 mishandles widget rebuilding for GladeGtkBox, leading to a denial of service (application crash).
Weakness: CWE-664
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36774?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (1)
glade SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | All versions | 3.20.0-7.3.1 |
Products include Gnome Glade.
How do I fix CVE-2020-36774?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-36774 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-36774 exists.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36774, GHSA-j9jp-j2w9-gw9c, OESA-2024-1270, OESA-2024-1309, SUSE-SU-2024:0983-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36774 and 1 more.