Off-by-one error in the __gconv_translit_find function in gconv_trans.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc) allows context-dependent attackers to…

Description

Off-by-one error in the __gconv_translit_find function in gconv_trans.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc) allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the CHARSET environment variable and gconv transliteration modules.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

17.0% · top 2.9% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (22)

• 60441 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20170713 Re: [CVE Request] glibc iconv_open buffer overflow (was: Re: Re: glibc locale issues) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 69738 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:1118 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:1110 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685604 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 60345 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 61093 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-201602-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• MDVSA-2014:175 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-poisoned-nul-byte-2014-edition.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20170713 glibc locale issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 68983 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17187 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=96 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 20140826 CVE-2014-5119 glibc __gconv_translit_find() exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• DSA-3012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 61074 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20140910 Cisco Unified Communications Manager glibc Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2014:1125 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 60358 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 11:34 UTC.