Out-of-bounds read in Gnome GLib - CVE-2025-7039
Published: August 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU113803
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-7039
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Gnome Development Team
Affected software:
Gnome GLib
Gnome GLib
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the get_tmp_file() function in glib/gfileutils.c. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-7039
Install updates from vendor's website.