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CVE-2014-6040
GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a…
Medium5.0EPSS 6.6%
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- redhat
Description
GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a multibyte character value of "0xffff" to the iconv function when converting (1) IBM933, (2) IBM935, (3) IBM937, (4) IBM939, or (5) IBM1364 encoded data to UTF-8.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.6% · top 6.2% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (12)
- 69472 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0016.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=41488498b6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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
- [oss-security] 20140829 CVE request: glibc character set conversion from IBM code pages (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-2432-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17325 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 62100 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140902 Re: CVE request: glibc character set conversion from IBM code pages (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 62146 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-3142 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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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