CVE-2025-14512
Published: December 12, 2025Last modified: December 16, 2025
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.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 6.5 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | REQUIRED |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | glib | Fixed (2.74.7-r4) |
| 25 LTS | glib | Fixed (2.84.4-r1) | |
| Stream | glib | Fixed (2.86.3-r0) |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:15953
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:15969
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:15971
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19148
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19361
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19452
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19457
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19459
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19460
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19523
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19524
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19565
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19567
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21275
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22634
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7461
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14512
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2421339
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3845