PT-2025-12684 · Gnome+1 · Gnome Libgsf+1

Ninpwn · Published 2025-03-24 · Updated 2025-03-25 · CVE-2025-2721

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNOME libgsf versions up to 1.14.53

Description A critical issue was found in the function gsf base64 encode simple, where the manipulation of the argument size t leads to a heap-based buffer overflow. This issue can be exploited locally. There is no information about the estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide or real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For GNOME libgsf versions up to 1.14.53, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the gsf base64 encode simple function until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Heap Based Buffer Overflow

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-122

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-05334

CVE-2025-2721

Affected Products

Debian

Gnome Libgsf

References · 15

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-2721 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-05334 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-2721 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2721 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2721 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2721 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-2721 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/WolfgangSesin/status/1904158250490065084 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvetracker/19816 · Telegram Post
• https://gnome.org · Note
• https://vuldb.com/?submit.520181 · Note
• https://vuldb.com/?id.300741 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1904338474230296766 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/21019 · Telegram Post
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.300741 · Note