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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Gnome
  • Glib
Microsoft
  • Windows
Redhat
  • Enterprise Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

AND
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References
Link Providers
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4056 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2362826 cve-icon cve-icon
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3668 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4056 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4056 cve-icon
History

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 04:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gnome
Gnome glib
Microsoft
Microsoft windows
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gnome
Gnome glib
Microsoft
Microsoft windows

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title glib: glib crash after long command line Glib: glib crash after long command line
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References

Thu, 01 May 2025 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description No description is available for this CVE. 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.

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description No description is available for this CVE.
Title glib: glib crash after long command line
Weaknesses CWE-94
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

threat_severity

Low
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2025-07-28T12:40:29.298Z

Updated: 2026-01-08T03:55:23.179Z

Reserved: 2025-04-29T02:04:01.099Z

Link: CVE-2025-4056

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-28T13:24:22.148Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-07-28T13:15:30.177

Modified: 2026-01-08T04:15:54.310

Link: CVE-2025-4056

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-04-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-4056 - Bugzilla