Out-of-bounds read in glib-networking - CVE-2025-60018

 

Out-of-bounds read in glib-networking - CVE-2025-60018

Published: October 20, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU117376
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-60018
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in BIO_write(). A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the system, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or crash the application.


Affected software

glib-networking
openEuler
glib-networking
glib-networking-debuginfo
glib-networking-debugsource
glib-networking-tests

How to mitigate CVE-2025-60018

Install updates from vendor's website.

glib-networking - update to 2.78.0-2
glib-networking-debuginfo - update to 2.78.0-2
glib-networking-debugsource - update to 2.78.0-2
glib-networking-tests - update to 2.78.0-2

External References

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