CVE-2008-4316

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-03-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

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.

Affected products

GNOME GLib: through 2.16.4; 2.2.1, 2.14.5, 2.14.6, 2.16.3

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00014.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
http://ocert.org/patches/2008-015/glib-CVE-2008-4316.diff
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/12/2
http://secunia.com/advisories/34267
http://secunia.com/advisories/34317
http://secunia.com/advisories/34404
http://secunia.com/advisories/34416
http://secunia.com/advisories/34560
http://secunia.com/advisories/34854
http://secunia.com/advisories/34890
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794

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