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🛡️ CVE-2025-2722 on Ubuntu — libgsf

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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Description

A vulnerability was found in GNOME libgsf up to 1.14.53. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function gsf_prop_settings_collect_va. The manipulation of the argument n_alloced_params leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2025-2722 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package libgsf. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2722 is recorded against 1 package.

  • libgsf

Timeline and source

Published on 25 March 2025 and last revised on 4 February 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
vuldb.com (Report)
vuldb.com (Report)
vuldb.com (Report)

Other advisories for this package

libgsf has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

CVE-2025-2722 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2025-03-25
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-02-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libgsf — —

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