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CVE-2021-27218

7.5 high Modified

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.

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4

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Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 7.5 · gnome, fedoraproject, netappNVD modified 2026-10-14 12:17

Affected (CPE criteria) 8

  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_performance_analyzer:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:brocade_fabric_operating_system_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 21