CVE-2008-4316
N/A
Published: March 14, 2009 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGLib
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
Multiple integer overflows in glib/gbase64.c in GLib before 2.20 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string that is converted either (1) from or (2) to a base64 representation.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (31)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00014.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.htmlx_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://ocert.org/patches/2008-015/glib-CVE-2008-4316.diffMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/12/2Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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