Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This is a low-severity GLib parsing flaw. If an exposed application passes a very long invalid ISO 8601 timestamp into GLib, it may trigger limited availability impact. The sources do not indicate data theft, integrity compromise, or active exploitation.
Executive priority
Handle through normal vulnerability management, not emergency response. Prioritize internet-facing services that parse user-supplied timestamps, but current evidence supports low business urgency because impact is limited to availability and no active exploitation is cited.
Technical view
CVE-2025-3360 is an integer overflow and buffer under-read in GLib g_date_time_new_from_iso8601() when handling a long invalid ISO 8601 timestamp. CVSS 3.1 is 3.7, with network attack vector, high complexity, no privileges, no user interaction, and low availability impact only.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most relevant to applications or services that accept untrusted timestamp strings and parse them with GLib. Red Hat lists glib2 and related packages as affected on RHEL 8, 9, and 10; RHEL 6 and 7 status is unknown in the supplied data.
Exploitation context
The source bundle marks KEV as false and provides no cited evidence of active exploitation. Exploitation appears constrained by high attack complexity and requires attacker-controlled malformed timestamp input reaching the vulnerable parser.
Researcher notes
Focus analysis on reachability: whether attacker-controlled long invalid ISO 8601 strings can reach g_date_time_new_from_iso8601(). The supplied sources do not provide exploit details, confirmed active exploitation, or complete downstream fixed-version mapping.
Mitigation direction
- Apply vendor-supported GLib or glib2 security updates when available.
- Check Red Hat and Debian advisories for package-specific fixed versions.
- Do not rely only on upstream version numbers; vendors may backport fixes.
- Reject oversized or malformed timestamp input at application boundaries.
- Track RHEL 6 and 7 status because supplied data lists it as unknown.
Validation and detection
- Inventory systems and containers using GLib or glib2 packages.
- Identify services that parse externally supplied ISO 8601 timestamps.
- Compare installed package status against Red Hat and Debian advisories.
- Confirm affected RHEL 8, 9, and 10 packages are updated.
- Review logs for crashes linked to malformed timestamp parsing.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Low
- CVSS
- 3.7 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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SSVC decision data
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L2.21.4redhatVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
3.7LowVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Vulnerability timeline
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- Source timelineredhat
Made public.
- Source timelineredhat
Reported to Red Hat.
- CVE reservedCVE Program
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- CVE publishedCVE Program
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ADP provider summaries
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-3360CVE reference, redhat · vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2357754CVE reference, redhat · issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3647CVE reference, redhat
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00024.htmlCVE reference, CVE
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Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Integer Overflow or Wraparound represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.