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glib2: Fix of CVE-2026-16118

Type: advisorySources: OSV

- CVE-2026-16118: fix a 2-byte out-of-bounds write in the little-endian byte-swap of _xdg_mime_magic_parse_magic_line() by parenthesizing (ptr + i) before the cast, so the write side uses byte offsets instead of scaling by the word size

Products
glib2, glib2-devel, glib2-doc, glib2-fam, glib2-static, glib2-tests
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.56.4-163.el8.tuxcare.els8
CVEs
CVE-2026-16118
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 10:47 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

glib2: Fix of CVE-2026-16118

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Sept 2026, 13:23 UTC

- CVE-2026-16118: fix a 2-byte out-of-bounds write in the little-endian byte-swap of _xdg_mime_magic_parse_magic_line() by parenthesizing (ptr + i) before the cast, so the write side uses byte offsets instead of scaling by the word size

osv:CLSA-2026-1789392191

glib2

Fixed versions: 2.56.4-163.el8.tuxcare.els8

glib2-devel

Fixed versions: 2.56.4-163.el8.tuxcare.els8

glib2-doc

Fixed versions: 2.56.4-163.el8.tuxcare.els8

glib2-fam

Fixed versions: 2.56.4-163.el8.tuxcare.els8

glib2-static

Fixed versions: 2.56.4-163.el8.tuxcare.els8

glib2-tests

Fixed versions: 2.56.4-163.el8.tuxcare.els8

Complete source record
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