CVE-2026-1489Glib: glib: memory corruption via integer overflow in unicode case conversion
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A flaw was found in GLib. An integer overflow vulnerability in its Unicode case conversion implementation can lead to memory corruption. By processing specially crafted and extremely large Unicode strings, an attacker could trigger an undersized memory allocation, resulting in out-of-bounds writes. This could cause applications utilizing GLib for string conversion to crash or become unstable.
- CVSS
- 5.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-787
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Jun 2, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 redhat:enterprise_linux | 10 | CNA record |
Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P siemens:ruggedcom_rst2428p (from the name) | before V4.0 | CISA ADP |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-1489vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2433348issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3872
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-253495.html
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