Description

The iconv() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.39 and older may overflow the output buffer passed to it by up to 4 bytes when converting strings to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set, which may be used to crash an application or overwrite a neighbouring variable.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-2961

Affected Products

Vendor: The GNU C Library

Product: glibc

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.07% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 34.12% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-14 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0004
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/P3I4KYS6EU6S7QZ47WFNTPVAHFIUQNEL/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YAMJQI3Y6BHWV3CUTYBXOZONCUJNOB2Z/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BTJFBGHDYG5PEIFD5WSSSKSFZ2AZWC5N/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/24/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/17/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/18/4
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00001.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/3
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240531-0002/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/22/5

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