Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in libsoup - CVE-2025-32051

 

Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in libsoup - CVE-2025-32051

Published: May 29, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU109930
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-32051
CWE-ID: CWE-754
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Gnome Development Team
Affected software:
libsoup

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper error handling within the soup_uri_decode_data_uri() function when processing a malformed URI. A remote attacker can trick the victim into clicking on a specially crafted link and crash the application.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-32051

Install updates from vendor's website.

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