CVE-2019-9633 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in GNOME GLib versions up to 2.59.2, specifically within the gio/gsocketclient.c component. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash applications, such as GNOME Web, by crafting a malicious website that exploits improper handling of GTask lifetimes during connection attempts. Rated as MEDIUM severity with a CVSS score of 6.5, the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be triggered remotely (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), leading to high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.59.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:2.59.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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