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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-14087

high Nessus Plugin ID 277959

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - A flaw was found in GLib (Gnome Lib). This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause heap corruption, leading to a denial of service or potential code execution via a buffer-underflow in the GVariant parser when processing maliciously crafted input strings. (CVE-2025-14087)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-14087

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-14087

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 277959

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_14087.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 12/9/2025

Updated: 1/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14087

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librsvg2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librsvg2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-fam, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librsvg2-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librsvg2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librsvg2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-ostree, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-fam, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librsvg2-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-ostree-libs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-glib2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-glib2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-glib2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-glib2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-glib2-static, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-glib2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bootc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:system-reinstall-bootc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:glib2.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-glib2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glycin-loaders, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:loupe, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glycin-loaders, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:loupe, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rpm-ostree, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rpm-ostree-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bootc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:system-reinstall-bootc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:papers, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:papers-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:papers-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:papers-nautilus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:papers-previewer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:papers-thumbnailer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:papers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:papers-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:papers-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:papers-nautilus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:papers-previewer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:papers-thumbnailer

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-14087