CVE-2025-13601
A heap-based buffer overflow problem was found in glib through an incorrect calculation of buffer size in the g_escape_uri_string() function. If the string to escape contains a very large number of unacceptable characters (which would need escaping), the calculation of the length of the escaped string could overflow, leading to a potential write off the end of the newly allocated string.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.7 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-190
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (24th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2025-199720)
- Published
- November 26, 2025
- NVD last modified
- August 31, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2025-199720 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 31, 2026.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnome / glib
- redhat / ceph storage
- redhat / codeready linux builder
- redhat / codeready linux builder for arm64
- redhat / codeready linux builder for arm64
- redhat / codeready linux builder for arm64
- redhat / codeready linux builder for arm64 eus
- redhat / codeready linux builder for arm64 eus
- redhat / codeready linux builder for ibm z systems
- redhat / codeready linux builder for ibm z systems
- redhat / codeready linux builder for ibm z systems
- redhat / codeready linux builder for ibm z systems
- redhat / codeready linux builder for ibm z systems
- redhat / codeready linux builder for ibm z systems eus
- redhat / codeready linux builder for power little endian
- redhat / codeready linux builder for power little endian
- redhat / codeready linux builder for power little endian
- redhat / codeready linux builder for power little endian
- redhat / codeready linux builder for power little endian
- redhat / codeready linux builder for power little endian eus
- redhat / codeready linux builder for x86 64
- redhat / codeready linux builder for x86 64
- redhat / codeready linux builder for x86 64
- redhat / codeready linux builder for x86 64
- redhat / codeready linux builder for x86 64
- redhat / codeready linux builder for x86 64 eus
- redhat / discovery
- redhat / enterprise linux for arm 64
- redhat / enterprise linux for arm 64
- redhat / enterprise linux for arm 64
- redhat / enterprise linux for arm 64
- redhat / enterprise linux for arm 64
- redhat / enterprise linux for arm 64
- redhat / enterprise linux for arm 64 eus
- redhat / enterprise linux for ibm z systems
- redhat / enterprise linux for ibm z systems
- redhat / enterprise linux for ibm z systems
- redhat / enterprise linux for ibm z systems
- redhat / enterprise linux for ibm z systems
- redhat / enterprise linux for ibm z systems
- redhat / enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus
- redhat / enterprise linux for power little endian
- redhat / enterprise linux for power little endian
- redhat / enterprise linux for power little endian
- redhat / enterprise linux for power little endian
- redhat / enterprise linux for power little endian
- redhat / enterprise linux for power little endian
- redhat / enterprise linux for power little endian eus
- redhat / enterprise linux for power little endian eus
- redhat / enterprise linux for x86 64
and 52 more…
Certified products that may be affected
4 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11526-2025 - active
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11309-2024 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 EUS - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11379-2024 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-11202-2022 - archived
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0936(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0975(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0991(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1323(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1324(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1326(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1327(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1465(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1608(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1624(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1625(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1626(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1627(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1652(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1736(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18344
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18705
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2064(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2072(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2485(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2563(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2633(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2659(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2671(Vendor Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2974
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3415
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4419
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7461
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13601(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2416741(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-253495.html
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3827(Exploit, Issue Tracking)
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/4914(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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