CVE-2026-0988

Publication date 16 January 2026

Last updated 21 January 2026

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Description

Integer overflow in g_buffered_input_stream_peek() leads to segmentation fault

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
glib2.0	25.10 questing	Fixed 2.86.0-2ubuntu0.2
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 2.80.0-6ubuntu3.7
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2.72.4-0ubuntu2.8
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
glib2.0	Upstream: c5766cf

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-7971-1
GLib vulnerability
21 January 2026

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0988