Vulnerability in GNOME Glib
CVE-2008-4316
Multiple integer overflows in glib/gbase64.c in GLib before 2.20 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string that is converted either (1) from or (2) to a base64 representation.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (40.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNOME Glib — versions 2.2.1, 2.14.5, 2.14.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- ocert.org/patches/2008-015/glib-CVE-2008-4316.diff (Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501766/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-738-1 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/34560 (third-party-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/16/2 (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/38794 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html (mailing-list)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0045
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11401 (signature, vdb-entry)