OSV-2018-213 Use-of-uninitialized-value in gvs_tuple_is_normal

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An attacker can cause a denial of service in applications using GLib by triggering a use-of-uninitialized-value error in variant serialization.

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Fix
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What is OSV-2018-213?

OSV-2018-213 is a vulnerability in glib, published on 13 Jan 2021.

Official description

OSS-Fuzz report: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=9840

Crash type: Use-of-uninitialized-value
Crash state:
gvs_tuple_is_normal
g_variant_serialised_is_normal
gvs_variant_is_normal

Which versions are affected by OSV-2018-213?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including glib.

PackageAffectedFixed in
glib OSS-FuzzAll versionsNone

How do I fix OSV-2018-213?

No fix has been published for OSV-2018-213 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is OSV-2018-213 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of OSV-2018-213 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

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