CVE-2008-4316

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4316
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-03-14 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Glib 2.14.5 All All All
Application Gnome Glib 2.14.6 All All All
Application Gnome Glib 2.16.3 All All All
Application Gnome Glib 2.2.1 All All All
Application Gnome Glib All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Ubuntu update for glib2.0 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA34560 - Fedora update for glib2 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
VMware vMA Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: glib2-2.18.4-2.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: [oCERT-2008-015] glib and glib-predecessor heap overflows af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
GLib Base64 Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
ocert.org/patches/2008-015/glib-CVE-2008-4316.diff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ocert.org Patch
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[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: glib2-2.16.6-3.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
oCERT archive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org
GNOME glib Base64 Encoding and Decoding Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
oss-security - [oCERT-2008-015] glib and glib-predecessor heap overflows af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Patch
VMware ESX Server 4 update for newt, nfs-utils, and glib2 - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian update for glib2.0 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: glib2 (SUSE-SA:2009:026) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1747-1 glib2.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
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Fedora update for glib2 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[Security-announce] VMSA-2010-0004 ESX Service Console and vMA third party updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.vmware.com
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