Vulnerability · CVE-2025-14512
A flaw was found in glib.
Published Dec 11, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 14, 2026 · A flaw was found
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-14512. EPSS is 0.58%. Act only if a listed version of A flaw was found is installed.
Gaps on this record
- The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (A flaw was found).
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium6.5
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.58%
- Remediation
- Not established
- Affected products
- cpe gnome/glib · cpe redhat/enterprise linux · cpe redhat/openshift
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.
Are you affected?
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- cpe gnome/glibversion unspecified
- cpe redhat/enterprise linux10.0
- cpe redhat/enterprise linux7.0
- cpe redhat/enterprise linux8.0
- cpe redhat/enterprise linux9.0
- cpe redhat/openshift4.0
How to fix CVE-2025-14512
Recommended remediation
No required-action text, fix commit, or clear fixed-version range is stored yet.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-14512. EPSS is 0.58%. Act only if a listed version of A flaw was found is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with redhat/enterprise linux 10.0; redhat/enterprise linux 7.0; redhat/enterprise linux 8.0; redhat/enterprise linux 9.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-190: Integer Overflow. EPSS 0.58%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Dec 11, 2025 · NIST NVD
Detected
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.
Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
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.
Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
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.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-14512
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-14512
30-day exploitation probability 0.6%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-14512
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.
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 16, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.