CVE catalog

CVE-2024-50610

gsl: CVE-2024-50610

Severity: Medium · CVSS 5.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Published: Oct 27, 2024, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.28% · Oct 27, 2026

GSL (GNU Scientific Library) through 2.8 has an integer signedness error in gsl_siman_solve_many in siman/siman.c. When params.n_tries is negative, incorrect memory allocation occurs.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	gsl	sid	`2.8+dfsg-6`	fixed
Debian	gsl	forky	`2.8+dfsg-6`	fixed
Debian	gsl	trixie	`2.8+dfsg-5`	fixed
Debian	gsl	bookworm	`2.7.1+dfsg-5+deb12u1`	vulnerable
Opensuse	gsl	tumbleweed	`2.8-5.1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	gsl	source	sid	`2.8+dfsg-4`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[1086206]
Debian	gsl	source	forky	`2.8+dfsg-4`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[1086206]
Debian	gsl	source	trixie	`2.8+dfsg-4`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[1086206]
Debian	gsl	source	bookworm	`(unfixed)`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[1086206]
Opensuse	gsl	rpm	tumbleweed	`2.8-5.1`	Not reported	OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10449-1	Not reported

[Debian bug #1086206]

Notes

[bookworm] gsl: Minor issue

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[gsl-bin]Affected
Source package: [gsl]
Details (2)
- 2.7.1+dfsg-5+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · gsl · debian · bookworm; dsa · gsl · debian · 12
- 2.7.1+dfsg-5+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · gsl · debian · bookworm; dsa · gsl · debian · 12
[libgsl27]Affected
Source package: [gsl]
Details (2)
- 2.7.1+dfsg-5+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · gsl · debian · bookworm; dsa · gsl · debian · 12
- 2.7.1+dfsg-5+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · gsl · debian · bookworm; dsa · gsl · debian · 12
[libgslcblas0]Affected
Source package: [gsl]
Details (2)
- 2.7.1+dfsg-5+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · gsl · debian · bookworm; dsa · gsl · debian · 12
- 2.7.1+dfsg-5+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · gsl · debian · bookworm; dsa · gsl · debian · 12
[libgsl-dbg]Affected
Source package: [gsl]
Details (2)
- 2.7.1+dfsg-5+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · gsl · debian · bookworm; dsa · gsl · debian · 12
- 2.7.1+dfsg-5+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · gsl · debian · bookworm; dsa · gsl · debian · 12
[libgsl-dev]Affected
Source package: [gsl]
Details (2)
- 2.7.1+dfsg-5+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · gsl · debian · bookworm; dsa · gsl · debian · 12
- 2.7.1+dfsg-5+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · gsl · debian · bookworm; dsa · gsl · debian · 12

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

[gsl-devel]Unknown
Source package: [gsl]
Details (1)
- 2.8-5.4 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 2.8-5.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · gsl · opensuse · tumbleweed
[gsl-doc]Unknown
Source package: [gsl]
Details (1)
- 2.8-5.4 · noarch · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 2.8-5.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · gsl · opensuse · tumbleweed
[gsl-examples]Unknown
Source package: [gsl]
Details (1)
- 2.8-5.4 · noarch · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 2.8-5.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · gsl · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libgsl28]Unknown
Source package: [gsl]
Details (1)
- 2.8-5.4 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 2.8-5.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · gsl · opensuse · tumbleweed
[libgslcblas0]Unknown
Source package: [gsl]
Details (1)
- 2.8-5.4 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 2.8-5.1
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · gsl · opensuse · tumbleweed
[gsl]Fixed
Source package: [gsl]
Details (1)
- 2.8-5.4 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.8-5.1
  dsa · gsl · opensuse · tumbleweed

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[gsl-bin]Fixed
Source package: [gsl]
Details (2)
- 2.8+dfsg-5 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.8+dfsg-4
  dsa · gsl · debian · 13
- 2.8+dfsg-5 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.8+dfsg-4
  dsa · gsl · debian · 13
[libgsl28]Fixed
Source package: [gsl]
Details (2)
- 2.8+dfsg-5 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.8+dfsg-4
  dsa · gsl · debian · 13
- 2.8+dfsg-5 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.8+dfsg-4
  dsa · gsl · debian · 13
[libgslcblas0]Fixed
Source package: [gsl]
Details (2)
- 2.8+dfsg-5 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.8+dfsg-4
  dsa · gsl · debian · 13
- 2.8+dfsg-5 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.8+dfsg-4
  dsa · gsl · debian · 13
[libgsl-dbg]Fixed
Source package: [gsl]
Details (2)
- 2.8+dfsg-5 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.8+dfsg-4
  dsa · gsl · debian · 13
- 2.8+dfsg-5 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.8+dfsg-4
  dsa · gsl · debian · 13
[libgsl-dev]Fixed
Source package: [gsl]
Details (2)
- 2.8+dfsg-5 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.8+dfsg-4
  dsa · gsl · debian · 13
- 2.8+dfsg-5 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.8+dfsg-4
  dsa · gsl · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 27, 2026, 1:06:54 AM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]