4.6
MEDIUM
CVE-2008-4316
GLib Base64 Integer Overflow 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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 14, 2009, 6:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:51 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-4316 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gnome glib
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-4316.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00014.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
http://ocert.org/patches/2008-015/glib-CVE-2008-4316.diff Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/12/2 Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/34267
http://secunia.com/advisories/34317
http://secunia.com/advisories/34404
http://secunia.com/advisories/34416
http://secunia.com/advisories/34560
http://secunia.com/advisories/34854
http://secunia.com/advisories/34890
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
http://secunia.com/advisories/38833
http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/glib?view=revision&revision=7973 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0045
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1747
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:080
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-015.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/16/2
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00744.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0336.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501712/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501766/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34100 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021884
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-738-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49272
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11401
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8360
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01113.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00014.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
http://ocert.org/patches/2008-015/glib-CVE-2008-4316.diff Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/12/2 Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/34267
http://secunia.com/advisories/34317
http://secunia.com/advisories/34404
http://secunia.com/advisories/34416
http://secunia.com/advisories/34560
http://secunia.com/advisories/34854
http://secunia.com/advisories/34890
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
http://secunia.com/advisories/38833
http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/glib?view=revision&revision=7973 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0045
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1747
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:080
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-015.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/16/2
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00744.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0336.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501712/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501766/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34100 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021884
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-738-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49272
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11401
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8360
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01113.html

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-4316 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00014.html
    Added Reference http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
    Added Reference http://ocert.org/patches/2008-015/glib-CVE-2008-4316.diff
    Added Reference http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/12/2
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34267
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34317
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34404
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34416
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34560
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34854
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34890
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/38833
    Added Reference http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/glib?view=revision&revision=7973
    Added Reference http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0045
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1747
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:080
    Added Reference http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-015.html
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/16/2
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00744.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0336.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501712/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501766/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34100
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021884
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-738-1
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49272
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11401
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8360
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01113.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description CVE-2008-4316 glib2: integer overflows in the base64 handling functions (oCERT-2008-015) 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.
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0336 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4316 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474770 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed 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. CVE-2008-4316 glib2: integer overflows in the base64 handling functions (oCERT-2008-015)
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4316 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474770 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0336 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/501712/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/501766/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501766/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501712/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11401 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8360 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8360 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11401 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49272 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49272 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 15, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-4316 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-4316 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.09 }} 0.00%

score

0.39578

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability