UBUNTU-CVE-2019-25085 (CVE-2019-25085)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2022-12-26 07:15 – Updated: 2025-07-16 04:55 – Source website
Withdrawn 2025-07-18 VLAI
Details

A vulnerability was found in GNOME gvdb. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function gvdb_table_write_contents_async of the file gvdb-builder.c. The manipulation leads to use after free. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The name of the patch is d83587b2a364eb9a9a53be7e6a708074e252de14. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-216789 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A vulnerability was found in GNOME gvdb. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function gvdb_table_write_contents_async of the file gvdb-builder.c. The manipulation leads to use after free. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The name of the patch is d83587b2a364eb9a9a53be7e6a708074e252de14. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-216789 was assigned to this vulnerability.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-25085",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:55:25Z",
  "published": "2022-12-26T07:15:00Z",
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  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:45:37Z"
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