---
id: CVE-2025-14512
title: A flaw was found in glib
summary: >-
  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 files…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-190
vendor: gnome
product: glib
affected:
  - glib < 2.86.3
  - openshift = 4.0
  - enterprise_linux = 7.0
  - enterprise_linux = 8.0
  - enterprise_linux = 9.0
  - enterprise_linux = 10.0
patched:
  - glib 2.86.3
published: '2025-12-11'
updated: '2026-10-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T20:17:24.757'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14512'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:15953'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:15969'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:15971'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19148'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19361'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19452'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19457'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19459'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19460'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19523'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19524'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19565'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19567'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21275'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22634'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25096'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29197'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58981'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72502'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7461'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74674'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82304'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82322'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82347'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82354'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82372'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82857'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82888'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14512'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2421339'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3845'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-14512.json
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14512'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14512'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
epss: 0.00579
epssPercentile: 0.47438
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2025-12-11T14:54:52.039681Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-06-29T13:24:34.620Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `glib < 2.86.3`
- `openshift = 4.0`
- `enterprise_linux = 7.0`
- `enterprise_linux = 8.0`
- `enterprise_linux = 9.0`
- `enterprise_linux = 10.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `glib 2.86.3`

## Vendor advisories

- **RHSA-2026:19567** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0), Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0), Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0) · released 2026-05-20 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19567)
- **RHSA-2026:15969** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10), Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10), Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) · released 2026-05-11 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:15969)
- **RHSA-2026:19148** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10), Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10), Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) · released 2026-05-19 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19148)
- **RHSA-2026:19459** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0), Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0) · released 2026-05-20 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19459)
- **RHSA-2026:19460** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2), Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2) · released 2026-05-20 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19460)
- **RHSA-2026:19452** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4), Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4), Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.4) · released 2026-05-20 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19452)
- **RHSA-2026:19457** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6), Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.6) · released 2026-05-20 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19457)
- **RHSA-2026:15971** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9), Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9), Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) · released 2026-05-11 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:15971)
- **RHSA-2026:19361** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9), Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9), Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) · released 2026-05-19 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19361)
- **RHSA-2026:15953** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8), Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) · released 2026-05-11 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:15953)
- **RHSA-2026:19565** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4), Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) · released 2026-05-20 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19565)
- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, … · updated 2026-10-14 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-14512.json)
