Off-by-one Error Affecting mingw64-glib2-static package, versions <0:2.78.6-2.el9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.51% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-MINGW64GLIB2STATIC-9706272
  • published15 Apr 2025
  • disclosed11 Nov 2024

Introduced: 11 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-52533  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-193  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 mingw64-glib2-static to version 0:2.78.6-2.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:0936.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mingw64-glib2-static package and not the mingw64-glib2-static package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

gio/gsocks4aproxy.c in GNOME GLib before 2.82.1 has an off-by-one error and resultant buffer overflow because SOCKS4_CONN_MSG_LEN is not sufficient for a trailing '\0' character.

CVSS Base Scores

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