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Vulnerability · Published Dec 11, 2025 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2025-14512Glib: integer overflow in glib gio attribute escaping causes heap buffer overflow

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity integer overflow in glib from GNOME. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:10glib22.80.4-12.el10_2.13ALSA-2026:19148
AlmaLinux:10glib22.80.4-10.el10_1.13ALSA-2026:15969
AlmaLinux:8glib22.56.4-169.el8_10ALSA-2026:15953
AlmaLinux:9glib22.68.4-19.el9_8.1ALSA-2026:19361
AlmaLinux:9glib22.68.4-18.el9_7.2ALSA-2026:15971
AlmaLinux:10glib2-devel2.80.4-10.el10_1.13ALSA-2026:15969
AlmaLinux:10glib2-devel2.80.4-12.el10_2.13ALSA-2026:19148
AlmaLinux:8glib2-devel2.56.4-169.el8_10ALSA-2026:15953
AlmaLinux:9glib2-devel2.68.4-19.el9_8.1ALSA-2026:19361
AlmaLinux:9glib2-devel2.68.4-18.el9_7.2ALSA-2026:15971
AlmaLinux:10glib2-doc2.80.4-12.el10_2.13ALSA-2026:19148
AlmaLinux:10glib2-doc2.80.4-10.el10_1.13ALSA-2026:15969
AlmaLinux:8glib2-doc2.56.4-169.el8_10ALSA-2026:15953
AlmaLinux:9glib2-doc2.68.4-19.el9_8.1ALSA-2026:19361
AlmaLinux:9glib2-doc2.68.4-18.el9_7.2ALSA-2026:15971
AlmaLinux:8glib2-fam2.56.4-169.el8_10ALSA-2026:15953
AlmaLinux:10glib2-static2.80.4-12.el10_2.13ALSA-2026:19148
AlmaLinux:10glib2-static2.80.4-10.el10_1.13ALSA-2026:15969
AlmaLinux:8glib2-static2.56.4-169.el8_10ALSA-2026:15953
AlmaLinux:9glib2-static2.68.4-19.el9_8.1ALSA-2026:19361
AlmaLinux:9glib2-static2.68.4-18.el9_7.2ALSA-2026:15971
AlmaLinux:10glib2-tests2.80.4-12.el10_2.13ALSA-2026:19148
AlmaLinux:10glib2-tests2.80.4-10.el10_1.13ALSA-2026:15969
AlmaLinux:8glib2-tests2.56.4-169.el8_10ALSA-2026:15953
AlmaLinux:9glib2-tests2.68.4-19.el9_8.1ALSA-2026:19361
AlmaLinux:9glib2-tests2.68.4-18.el9_7.2ALSA-2026:15971
Debian:12glib2.02.74.6-2+deb12u8DEBIAN-CVE-2025-14512
Debian:13glib2.02.84.4-3~deb13u2DEBIAN-CVE-2025-14512
Debian:14glib2.02.86.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-14512
Rocky Linux:10glib20:2.80.4-10.el10_1.13RLSA-2026:15969
Rocky Linux:10glib20:2.80.4-12.el10_2.13RLSA-2026:19148
Rocky Linux:8glib20:2.56.4-169.el8_10RLSA-2026:15953
Rocky Linux:9glib20:2.68.4-18.el9_7.2RLSA-2026:15971
Rocky Linux:9glib20:2.68.4-19.el9_8.1RLSA-2026:19361
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSglib2.02.72.4-0ubuntu2.7UBUNTU-CVE-2025-14512
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSglib2.02.80.0-6ubuntu3.6UBUNTU-CVE-2025-14512
Ubuntu:25.10glib2.02.86.0-2ubuntu0.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-14512
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSglib2.02.86.3-1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-14512

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
GNOME glib 0 – before 2.86.3
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support see references
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 see references
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 see references
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 see references
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 see references
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 see references
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 see references
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 see references
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 see references
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 see references
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.20 see references

Weakness: CWE-190 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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