Bug 2364265 (CVE-2025-4373)

Summary: CVE-2025-4373 glib: Buffer Underflow on GLib through glib/gstring.c via function g_string_insert_unichar
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A flaw was found in GLib, which is vulnerable to an integer overflow in the g_string_insert_unichar() function. When the position at which to insert the character is large, the position will overflow, leading to a buffer underwrite.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-05-06 00:36:00 UTC 
GLib prior to 2.84.2 is vulnerable to an integer  overflow in the g_string_insert_unichar() function. When the position at which to insert the character is large, the position will overflow, leading to buffer under-write.