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gsl: vulnerability history, versions and safety

gsl is a package in the Debian ecosystem. Vulert records 4 vulnerabilities for it across 16 releases, from Aug 2023 to Dec 2024. Each vulnerability names the versions it affects, the fixed version to move to, and a workaround where no fix has been published.

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4 vulnerabilities recorded U4
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1 with no fix published

No patched version yet — these are the ones to plan around.

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0 in the last 12 months

Nothing new recorded in the last year.

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0 malicious-package vulnerabilities

No published version shipped hostile code.

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Vulert verdict on gsl i

Updated on 23 Oct 2026

Careful: one of the 4 vulnerabilities Vulert records for this package has no fix yet. Plan around that one, or apply its workaround. The rest have a fixed version to move to.

Long-term outlook: usable, but needs attention 4 vulnerabilities on record across 1 year, none in the last year.

What to do: Plan around the 1 vulnerability with no published fix: each lists the affected range and any workaround that reduces exposure. No fix yet: Vulert alerts you the moment one is published. Monitor it with Vulert →

  • Vulnerabilities on record 4 over 1 year · 0 in the last year i
  • Latest disclosure 07 Dec 2024 i
  • Highest CVSS 6.5 i
  • With no published fix 1 i

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01 Versions

Which versions are affected

Every version Vulert holds for gsl, newest first, with the vulnerabilities that name it. A version with a count of zero has no recorded vulnerabilities; open a version to see the vulnerabilities it is exposed to.

Newest 16 of 16 versions on record. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.

02 Disclosure history

How often vulnerabilities are recorded

  • 2023 2
  • 2024 2

Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 0 of the 4 were recorded in the last 12 months.

03 Vulnerabilities

Recorded vulnerabilities for gsl

The 4 most severe of 4 vulnerabilities recorded for this package

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Vulnerability Severity Fixed version ↓ Disclosed ↓
Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in GSL (GNU Scientific Library) - CVE-2020-35357 6.5 medium 2.6+dfsg-2+deb11u1 22 Aug 2023
Integer Signedness Error in GSL Package: Memory Allocation Vulnerability N/A unrated No fix published 27 Oct 2024
Critical Security Update for GSL Package: CVE-2020-35357 N/A unrated 2.6+dfsg-2+deb11u1 07 Dec 2024
Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in GNU Scientific Library (GSL) - CVE-2020-35357 N/A unrated 2.6+dfsg-2+deb11u1 22 Aug 2023

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Updated: 23/Oct/2026 · Vulnerabilities in our DB: 524315

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Questions

About gsl

Is gsl safe to use?

Vulert records 4 vulnerabilities for gsl in Debian: 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 0 low, plus 4 not yet rated. 1 of them has no published fix yet, so that is the one to avoid or mitigate.

How many vulnerabilities does gsl have?

4 vulnerabilities are recorded for gsl in the Debian ecosystem: 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 0 low, plus 4 not yet rated. The ledger on this page lists the same counts next to the date of the most recent disclosure.

How often are new gsl vulnerabilities disclosed?

0 vulnerabilities were recorded for gsl in the last 12 months, and the oldest entry in this database dates to 22 Aug 2023. Recency matters more than a lifetime total: it shows how actively new issues are being disclosed for the package you are considering.

Which versions of gsl are affected?

Each vulnerability on this page lists the affected version range and the fixed version to move to. Open the vulnerability for the version you actually run — fixes are specific to a release line, not to the package as a whole.

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