ubuntu-cve-2025-2724
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-03-25 02:15
Modified
2025-04-29 16:36
Summary
Details

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GNOME libgsf up to 1.14.53. Affected is the function sorting_key_copy. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to out-of-bounds read. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Severity
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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  "modified": "2025-04-29T16:36:21Z",
  "published": "2025-03-25T02:15:00Z",
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  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-06-23T16:00:08Z"
}



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