gio/gsocks4aproxy.c in GNOME GLib before 2.82.1 has an off-by-one error and resultant buffer overflow because SOCKS4_CONN_MSG_LEN is not sufficient for a trailing '\0' character.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Releng/security/-/wikis/home Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 9.8 · gnome, debian, netappNVD modified 2026-10-15 01:19
Affected (CPE criteria) 4
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_tools:10:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
References 9
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3461 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/releases/2.82.1 Release Notes
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Releng/security/-/wikis/home Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/12/11 Mailing List
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241206-0009/ Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-089022.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-202008.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html