CVE-2008-4316 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-4316

Multiple integer overflows in glib/gbase64.c in GLib before 2.20 allow...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

glib
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.2.1, 2.14.5, 2.14.6, 2.16.3

Timeline

Official Publish: March 14th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.