Answer in brief
CVE-2023-32611 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in G_variant_byteswap() can take a long time with some non-normal inputs. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Fedora/glib (generic), n/a/glib2 (generic), Red Hat/glib2 (generic), Fedora/glib2 (generic) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Fedora/glib (generic), n/a/glib2 (generic), Red Hat/glib2 (generic), Fedora/glib2 (generic) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Fedora/glibgeneric | * | Not reported |
| n/a/glib2generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/glib2generic | * | Not reported |
| Fedora/glib2generic | * | Not reported |
| Fedora/mingw-glib2generic | * | Not reported |
| Siemens/SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFPgeneric | >=V3.1.0 <V3.1.5 | V3.1.5 |
| Siemens/SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFPgeneric | >=V3.1.0 <V3.1.5 | V3.1.5 |
| Siemens/SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFPgeneric | >=V3.1.0 <V3.1.5 | V3.1.5 |
Published upstream
Sep 14, 2023
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 15, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jun 23, 2026
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.
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