Back
CVE-2025-0395
When the assert() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.13 to 2.40 fails, it does not allocate enough space for the assertion failure…
Medium6.2EPSS 0.36%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- glibc
Description
When the assert() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.13 to 2.40 fails, it does not allocate enough space for the assertion failure message string and size information, which may lead to a buffer overflow if the message string size aligns to page size.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 2.13 – ≤ 2.40
References (12)
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/22/4 (opens in a new tab)
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32582 (opens in a new tab)
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2025-0001 (opens in a new tab)
- https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-announce/2025/000044.html (opens in a new tab)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/22/4 (opens in a new tab)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/23/2 (opens in a new tab)
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250228-0006/ (opens in a new tab)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/13/1 (opens in a new tab)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/24/7 (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00039.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-577017.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2025-0395)Record last updated .