ALPINE-CVE-2021-27218

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    ALPINE-CVE-2021-27218

    Published: 15 Feb 2021Last Modified: 27 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-27218

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-27218

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: glib

    Purl: pkg:apk/alpine/glib?arch=source

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.67.0
    Fixed -2.66.7-r0

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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