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SUSE: glib2 Important Denial of Service Buffer Overflow 2026:20032-1

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Calendar Grey January 15, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical security update for glib2 on SUSE fixes four significant flaws. Immediate action recommended for users.
An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for glib2 fixes the following issues: Update to version 2.84.4. Security issues fixed: * CVE-2025-14512: integer overflow in the GIO `escape_byte_string()` function when processing malicious files or remote filesystem attribute values can lead to denial-of-service (bsc#1254878). * CVE-2025-14087: buffer underflow in the GVariant parser `bytestring_parse()` and `string_parse()` functions when processing attacker-influenced data may lead to crash or code execution (bsc#1254662). * CVE-2025-13601: heap-based buffer overflow in the `g_escape_uri_string()` function when processing strings with a large number of unacceptable characters may lead to crash or code execution (bsc#1254297). * CVE-2025-7039: integer overflow when creating temporary files may lead to an

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References

* bsc#1249055

* bsc#1254297

* bsc#1254662

* bsc#1254878

Cross-

* CVE-2025-13601

* CVE-2025-14087

* CVE-2025-14512

* CVE-2025-7039

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-13601 ( SUSE ): 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-13601 ( NVD ): 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-14087 ( SUSE ): 6.9

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-14087 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-14087 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

* CVE-2025-14512 ( SUSE ): 6.9

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-14512 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20032-1
Release Date: 2026-01-12T11:52:23Z
Rating: important

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