CVE-2025-0395

high

Description

When the assert() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.13 to 2.40 fails, it does not allocate enough space for the assertion failure message string and size information, which may lead to a buffer overflow if the message string size aligns to page size.

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/22/4

https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-announce/2025/000044.html

https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2025-0001

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32582

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/23/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/22/4

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-01-22

Updated: 2025-02-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High