CVE-2024-52533: n/a
Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
- EPSS
- 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 74% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Affects
- GNOME GLib before 2.82.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 11 Nov 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.
What to do
AI-suggested
To mitigate CVE-2024-52533, organizations should immediately upgrade all affected GNOME GLib installations to version 2.82.1 or later, where the buffer overflow has been corrected. In environments where immediate upgrading is not feasible, consider applying temporary source code patches if available or recompiling GLib with additional buffer size checks. Employ network-level protections such as firewall rules to restrict access to services that utilize the vulnerable GLib components, especially those exposing SOCKS4 proxy functionality. Implement intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS) with signatures tuned to detect anomalous SOCKS4 proxy traffic or buffer overflow attempts. Conduct thorough audits of systems and applications that depend on GLib to identify and prioritize patching. Additionally, enforce strict application sandboxing and privilege separation to limit the potential impact of exploitation. Regularly monitor security advisories from GNOME and related Linux distributions for updates and patches. Finally, maintain comprehensive backup and incident response plans to quickly recover from potential compromises.
Description
gio/gsocks4aproxy.c in GNOME GLib before 2.82.1 has an off-by-one error and resultant buffer overflow because SOCKS4_CONN_MSG_LEN is not sufficient for a trailing '\0' character.
References
- gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Releng/security/-/wikis/home (opens in a new tab)
- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3461 (opens in a new tab)
- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/releases/2.82.1 (opens in a new tab)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/12/11 (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00020.html (opens in a new tab)
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241206-0009/ (opens in a new tab)
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html (opens in a new tab)
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-202008.html (opens in a new tab)
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-089022.html (opens in a new tab)