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Ubuntu 25.10: GLib Critical Vulnerabilities USN-7942-1 CVE-2025-13601

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Calendar Grey January 6, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several security issues addressed in GLib for Ubuntu including critical risks and potential code execution.
Several security issues were fixed in GLib.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.10 - Ubuntu 25.04 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in GLib. Software Description: - glib2.0: GLib library of C routines Details: It was discovered that GLib incorrectly handled escaping URI strings. An attacker could use this issue to cause GLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-13601) It was discovered that GLib incorrectly parsed certain GVariants. An attacker could use this issue to cause GLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-14087) It was discovered that GLib incorrectly parsed certain long invalid ISO 8601 timestamps. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-3360) It was discovered that GLib incor...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.10 libglib2.0-0t64 2.86.0-2ubuntu0.1 libglib2.0-bin 2.86.0-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 25.04 libglib2.0-0t64 2.84.1-1ubuntu0.2 libglib2.0-bin 2.84.1-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libglib2.0-0t64 2.80.0-6ubuntu3.6 libglib2.0-bin 2.80.0-6ubuntu3.6 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libglib2.0-0 2.72.4-0ubuntu2.7 libglib2.0-bin 2.72.4-0ubuntu2.7 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7942-1

CVE-2025-13601, CVE-2025-14087, CVE-2025-3360, CVE-2025-6052,

CVE-2025-7039

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7942-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/2.86.0-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/2.84.1-1ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/2.80.0-6ubuntu3.6 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/2.72.4-0ubuntu2.7

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