CVE-2025-4056 — HIGH (7.5) — White Hats Nepal

Q: What is CVE-2025-4056?

CVE-2025-4056 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). A flaw was found in GLib. A denial of service on Windows platforms may occur if an application attempts to spawn a program using long command lines.

Q: How severe is CVE-2025-4056?

CVE-2025-4056 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 7.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2025-4056?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Gnome Glib, Microsoft Windows.

Vulnerability Description

A flaw was found in GLib. A denial of service on Windows platforms may occur if an application attempts to spawn a program using long command lines.

CVSS Score

7.5

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Gnome	Glib	< 2.84.1
Microsoft	Windows	-

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4056Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2362826Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3668Issue Tracking

FAQ

What is CVE-2025-4056?

CVE-2025-4056 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). A flaw was found in GLib. A denial of service on Windows platforms may occur if an application attempts to spawn a program using long command lines.

How severe is CVE-2025-4056?

CVE-2025-4056 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 7.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2025-4056?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Gnome Glib, Microsoft Windows.