Heap corruption via signed Base64 length overflow
Published Jan 27, 2026 · Updated Jan 27, 2026
Out-of-bounds writes in GLib's Base64 encoder on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 through 10 allow attackers to corrupt application memory. g_base64_encode() stores the length from g_base64_encode_step() in a signed gint; overflow makes it negative, and g_base64_encode_close() then performs pointer arithmetic that writes before the heap buffer. Reachability requires user interaction and an application that encodes attacker-controlled or extremely large input; corruption can crash the process or alter memory.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds writes in GLib's Base64 encoder on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 through 10 allow attackers to corrupt application memory. g_base64_encode() stores the length from g_base64_encode_step() in a signed gint; overflow makes it negative, and g_base64_encode_close() then performs pointer arithmetic that writes before the heap buffer. Reachability requires user interaction and an application that encodes attacker-controlled or extremely large input; corruption can crash the process or alter memory.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-1484
- Published
- Jan 27, 2026
- Updated
- Jan 27, 2026
- Vendor
- 389 Directory Server
- Product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Classifications
- CWE-787
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
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- Jan 27, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 27, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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