CVE-2021-27219: Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types

February 15, 2021 (updated November 9, 2023)

An issue was discovered in GNOME GLib The function g_bytes_new has an integer overflow on platforms due to an implicit cast from bits to bits. The overflow could potentially lead to memory corruption.

References

gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2319
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27219

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