SecuriTricks - CVE-2025-2720

Description

A vulnerability was found in GNOME libgsf up to 1.14.53 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function gsf_base64_encode_simple. The manipulation of the argument size leads to use of uninitialized variable. The attack needs to be approached locally. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor	Product	Versions
Gnome	Libgsf	<=1.14.53

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-453

Insecure Default Variable Initialization

The product, by default, initializes an internal variable with an insecure or less secure value than is possible.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	Software Edition	Target Software	Target Hardware	Other Information
a	gnome	libgsf	<=1.14.53	/	/	/	/	/	/	/

References

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.300740

https://vuldb.com/?id.300740

https://vuldb.com/?submit.520180

https://www.gnome.org/

CVSS Score

4.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Attack Complexity: LOW
Attack Requirements: NONE
Privileges Required: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope:
Confidentiality Impact: LOW
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE
Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/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

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Timeline

Published: March 25, 2025, 12:15 a.m.
Last Modified: March 25, 2025, 12:15 a.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

cna@vuldb.com

CVE-2025-2720