CVE-2025-14512
Glib: integer overflow in glib gio attribute escaping causes heap buffer overflow
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.1%
EPSS Percentile
22th
A flaw was found in glib. This vulnerability allows a heap buffer overflow and denial-of-service (DoS) via an integer overflow in GLib's GIO (GLib Input/Output) escape_byte_string() function when processing malicious file or remote filesystem attribute values.
| CWE | CWE-190 |
| Vendor | gnome |
| Product | glib |
| Published | Dec 11, 2025 |
| Last Updated | Apr 15, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Affected Versions
GNOME / glib
0 < 2.86.3
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat Hardened Images
All versions affected Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected References
Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Codean Labs for reporting this issue.