Medium 4.6Published Mar 14, 2009

CVE-2008-4316Multiple 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 rep…

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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.

CVSS: 4.6 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-189
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

gnome glib gnome:glib	through 2.16.4; 2.2.1; 2.14.5; 2.14.6; 2.16.3	NVD

References

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	patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/12/2	patch
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
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