vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2021-27218: integer overflow in g_byte_array_new_take function when called with a buffer of 4GB or more on a 64-bit platform (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 15, 2021 | Aug 12, 2021 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 15, 2021
Added
Aug 12, 2021
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
An issue was discovered in GNOME GLib before 2.66.7 and 2.67.x before 2.67.4. If g_byte_array_new_take() was called with a buffer of 4GB or more on a 64-bit platform, the length would be truncated modulo 2**32, causing unintended length truncation.
Solutions
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