UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16428

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16428
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16428.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16428
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Published
2018-09-03T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:00Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

In GNOME GLib 2.56.1, gmarkupparsecontextend_parse() in gmarkup.c has a NULL pointer dereference.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / glib2.0

Package

Name
glib2.0
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/glib2.0@2.40.2-0ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.40.2-0ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.38.0-1ubuntu1
2.38.1-1
2.39.1-0ubuntu1
2.39.1-0ubuntu2
2.39.1-0ubuntu3
2.39.2-0ubuntu1
2.39.2-0ubuntu2
2.39.3-0ubuntu4
2.39.4-0ubuntu1
2.39.90-0ubuntu1
2.39.91-0ubuntu2
2.39.91-0ubuntu3
2.39.92-2
2.40.0-1
2.40.0-1ubuntu1
2.40.0-2
2.40.2-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libglib2.0-0",
            "binary_version": "2.40.2-0ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libglib2.0-0-refdbg",
            "binary_version": "2.40.2-0ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libglib2.0-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.40.2-0ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libglib2.0-data",
            "binary_version": "2.40.2-0ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libglib2.0-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.40.2-0ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libglib2.0-tests",
            "binary_version": "2.40.2-0ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / glib2.0

Package

Name
glib2.0
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/glib2.0@2.48.2-0ubuntu4.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.48.2-0ubuntu4.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.46.1-1
2.46.1-2
2.47.1-1
2.47.3-3
2.47.4-1
2.47.5-1
2.47.6-1
2.48.0-1ubuntu3
2.48.0-1ubuntu4
2.48.1-1~ubuntu16.04.1
2.48.2-0ubuntu1
2.48.2-0ubuntu3
2.48.2-0ubuntu4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libglib2.0-0",
            "binary_version": "2.48.2-0ubuntu4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libglib2.0-0-refdbg",
            "binary_version": "2.48.2-0ubuntu4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libglib2.0-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.48.2-0ubuntu4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libglib2.0-data",
            "binary_version": "2.48.2-0ubuntu4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libglib2.0-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.48.2-0ubuntu4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libglib2.0-tests",
            "binary_version": "2.48.2-0ubuntu4.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / glib2.0

Package

Name
glib2.0
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/glib2.0@2.56.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.56.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.54.1-1ubuntu1
2.55.2-2ubuntu1
2.56.0-2ubuntu1
2.56.0-4ubuntu1
2.56.1-2ubuntu1
2.56.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libglib2.0-0",
            "binary_version": "2.56.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libglib2.0-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.56.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libglib2.0-data",
            "binary_version": "2.56.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libglib2.0-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.56.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libglib2.0-dev-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.56.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libglib2.0-tests",
            "binary_version": "2.56.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2"
        }
    ]
}