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A global buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Jul 25, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jul 25, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A global buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the soup_header_name_to_string function in Libsoup. The soup_header_name_to_string function does not validate the name parameter passed in, and directly accesses soup_header_name_strings[name]. The value of name is controllable, when name exceeds the index range of soup_headr_name_string, it will cause an out-of-bounds access.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 25, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 25, 2025
Last updated Jul 25, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(2nd percentile)

Weaknesses

Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2025-8197

GHSA ID

GHSA-vhjq-552g-m4h6

Source code

No known source code

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