CVE-2025-60018
Publication date 25 September 2025
Last updated 1 October 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
glib-networking's OpenSSL backend fails to properly check the return value of a call to BIO_write(), resulting in an out of bounds read.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| glib-networking | 25.04 plucky |
Not affected
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
Notes
mdeslaur
In Ubuntu, glib-networking is built with GnuTLS, and not OpenSSL, so the vulnerable OpenSSL backend is not used.
Patch details
| Package | Patch details |
|---|---|
| glib-networking |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
4.8 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | Low |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L |