Integer overflow in GNOME Glib
CVE-2025-14512
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.
Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow
EPSS: 0.006 (45.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Gnome Glib — versions 0
- Red Hat Ai Inference Server 3.2 — versions 1780681984
- Red Hat Discovery 2 — versions 1782159791, 1782166952
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — versions 0:2.80.4-12.el10_2.13, 0:2.80.4-10.el10_1.13
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support — versions 0:2.80.4-4.el10_0.9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — versions 0:2.56.4-169.el8_10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support — versions 0:2.56.4-10.el8_4.5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-life Add-on — versions 0:2.56.4-10.el8_4.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-14512?
- CVE-2025-14512 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GNOME Glib, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-12-11.
- How severe is CVE-2025-14512?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.