CVE-2025-2723
GNOME libgsf Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description
Rejected reason: ** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: The code maintainer explains that "[the] call is invalid [as] the buffer pointed to by "data" must have "len" valid bytes." The documentation was fixed to make that clear.
INFO
Published Date :
March 25, 2025, 1:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 22, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.4
Exploitability Score :
1.8
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CVE Rejected by [email protected]
Apr. 22, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 22, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description A vulnerability was found in GNOME libgsf up to 1.14.53. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function gsf_property_settings_collec. The manipulation of the argument n_alloced_params leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Attacking locally is a requirement. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. Rejected reason: ** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: The code maintainer explains that "[the] call is invalid [as] the buffer pointed to by "data" must have "len" valid bytes." The documentation was fixed to make that clear. Removed CVSS V4.0 VulDB: AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Removed CVSS V3.1 VulDB: AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Removed CVSS V2 VulDB: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) Removed CWE VulDB: CWE-119 Removed CWE VulDB: CWE-122 Removed Reference VulDB: https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.300743 Removed Reference VulDB: https://vuldb.com/?id.300743 Removed Reference VulDB: https://vuldb.com/?submit.520183 Removed Reference VulDB: https://www.gnome.org/ -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Mar. 25, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description A vulnerability was found in GNOME libgsf up to 1.14.53. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function gsf_property_settings_collec. The manipulation of the argument n_alloced_params leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Attacking locally is a requirement. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. Added CVSS V4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CWE CWE-119 Added CWE CWE-122 Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.300743 Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?id.300743 Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?submit.520183 Added Reference https://www.gnome.org/
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