CVE-2025-4373
Glib: buffer underflow on glib through glib/gstring.c via function g_string_insert_unichar
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.8 Medium
- Published
- May 6, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 1, 2026
- Reserved
- May 6, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in GLib, which is vulnerable to an integer overflow in the g_string_insert_unichar() function. When the position at which to insert the character is large, the position will overflow, leading to a buffer underwrite.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.8 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-124 Buffer Underwrite
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
glib |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update SupportRed Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportRed Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-OnRed Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportRed Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update ServiceRed Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update ServiceRed Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update SupportRed Hat |
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Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5Red Hat |
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Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0Red Hat |
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Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0Red Hat |
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Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0Red Hat |
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Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0Red Hat |
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Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0Red Hat |
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Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0Red Hat |
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Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0Red Hat |
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Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0Red Hat |
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Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.6.0Red Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat |
References
- RHSA-2025:10855vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2025:11140vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2025:11327vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2025:11373vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2025:11374vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2025:11662vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2025:12275vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2025:13335vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2025:14988vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2025:14989vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2025:14990vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2025:14991vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4373vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2364265issue-tracking
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3677
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-089022.html
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