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GLib Vulnerability in Ubuntu Leads to Denial of Service Risk

GLib Vulnerability in Ubuntu Leads to Denial of Service Risk

First seen 22 Jan 2026, 02:59 UTC

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ThreatCluster March 12, 2026 at 13:27 UTC

A vulnerability in GLib affects Ubuntu 25.10, 24.04 LTS, and 22.04 LTS, allowing attackers to crash the system or execute arbitrary code through specially crafted input. The issue arises from improper handling of the buffered input stream API in GLib, posing a significant denial of service risk.

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