CVE-2025-14512 MEDIUM

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

Vendor Gnome
Product glib
Weakness CWE-190
Published December 11, 2025
Last update June 29, 2026
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CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 11, 2025 CVE published
June 29, 2026 Record updated