CVE-2008-4316 (GCVE-0-2008-4316)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-03-14 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:08
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501766/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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http://secunia.com/advisories/38794 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announ… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
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Date Public
2009-03-12 00:00
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