CVE-2018-16428

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16428
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16428.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-16428
Downstream
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (1)
openSUSE (1)
SUSE (3)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
openSUSE (1)
SUSE (3)
Published
2018-09-04T00:29:01Z
Modified
2026-08-07T15:18:39Z
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
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges":  [
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "12.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "12.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced":  "14.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "14.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced":  "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced":  "18.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "18.04"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product":  "canonical:ubuntu_linux"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/gnome/glib

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/gnome/glib
Events
Introduced
d0364b443805dcb832c200fcf8bf58a64fdf3e7d
Last Affected
d0364b443805dcb832c200fcf8bf58a64fdf3e7d
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:2.56.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "2.56.1"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "2.56.1"
        }
    ],
    "source":  "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.56.1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16428.json"

Git / gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib
Events
Introduced
d0364b443805dcb832c200fcf8bf58a64fdf3e7d
Last Affected
d0364b443805dcb832c200fcf8bf58a64fdf3e7d
Fixed
fccef3cc822af74699cca84cd202719ae61ca3b9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:2.56.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "2.56.1"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "2.56.1"
        }
    ],
    "source":  [
        "CPE_STRING",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.56.1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16428.json"
vanir_signatures 
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]
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-08-07T15:18:39Z"