CVE-2025-14512
Low
No strong exploitation signal.
CVSS base
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.6%
46.3th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-190
Published 2025-12-11 · modified 2026-09-01
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | N | None |
| User Interaction | R | Required |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | N | None |
| Integrity | N | None |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2025-12-11 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-09-01 — Last modified (NVD)
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
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-2026:25096
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29197
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58981
- 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