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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.6

CVE-2008-4316 json

Multiple integer overflows in glib/gbase64.c in GLib before 2.20 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long str…

published 2009-03-14 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4297

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • glib2.0 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.20.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4316

  • glib2 RHEL 5 2.12.3-4.el5_3.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0336

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-4316 updated

glib2: integer overflows in the base64 handling functions (oCERT-2008-015)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) glib2 2.12.3-4.el5_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) glib2 2.12.3-4.el5_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) glib2 2.12.3-4.el5_3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0336

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Exploit prediction

0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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