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glib2.0 — security advisory
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.
- Products
- glib2.0
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.20.0-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2008-4316
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:39 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4316
glib2.0
Fixed versions: 2.20.0-1
glib2.0
Fixed versions: 2.20.0-1
glib2.0
Fixed versions: 2.20.0-1
Complete source record
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