FKIE_CVE-2008-4316
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-03-14 18:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:57
Severity
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.
References
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