CVE-2025-14087
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-12-10
Last updated on: 2026-04-19
Assigner: Red Hat, Inc.
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| gnome | glib | to 2.86.3 (inc) |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 8.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 9.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 10.0 |
| gnome | glib | 3.1 |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-190 | The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number. |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a flaw in GLib (Gnome Lib) where a remote attacker can cause heap corruption through a buffer-underflow in the GVariant parser by sending maliciously crafted input strings. This can lead to denial of service or potentially allow code execution.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can impact you by allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial of service, making the affected system or application unavailable. In some cases, it could also allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code, potentially compromising the system.
What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
The immediate step to mitigate this vulnerability is to apply the patch provided by the maintainers upstream for GLib. Since the vulnerability affects all Linux systems using GLib, updating GLib to the fixed version will prevent exploitation of the buffer underflow in the GVariant parser. [1]