Security advisory
A vulnerability was found in GNOME gvdb. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function gvdb_table_write_contents_async of the file gvdb-builder.c. The manipulation leads to use after free. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The name of the patch is d83587b2a364eb9a9a53be7e6a708074e252de14. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-216789 was assigned to this vulnerability.
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-25085
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- 31 Oct 2026, 12:28 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A vulnerability was found in GNOME gvdb. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function gvdb_table_write_contents_async of the file gvdb-builder.c. The manipulation leads to use after free. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The name of the patch is d83587b2a364eb9a9a53be7e6a708074e252de14. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-216789 was assigned to this vulnerability.
osv:CVE-2019-25085
Complete source record
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