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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-97-1 | eglibc security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3142-1 | eglibc security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2014-5928 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2432-1 | GNU C Library vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T12:03:02.407Z
Reserved: 2014-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2014-6040
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Status : Modified
Published: 2014-12-05T16:59:09.910
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2014-6040
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN