glib: Integer overflow in in g_escape_uri_string()

A heap-based buffer overflow problem was found in glib through an incorrect calculation of buffer size in the gescapeuristring function. If the string to escape contains a very large number of unacceptable characters which would need escaping, the calculation of the length of the escaped string...

Amazon Linux 2 : glib2, --advisory ALAS2-2025-3094 (ALAS-2025-3094)

The version of glib2 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.56.1-9. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-3094 advisory. A heap-based buffer overflow problem was found in glib through an incorrect calculation of buffer size in the gescapeuristring...