iconvdata/ibm930.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.16 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a multibyte character value of "0xffff" to the iconv function when converting IBM930 encoded data to UTF-8.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-97-1 | eglibc security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3142-1 | eglibc security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2012-6502 | iconvdata/ibm930.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.16 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a multibyte character value of "0xffff" to the iconv function when converting IBM930 encoded data to UTF-8. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2432-1 | GNU C Library vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T21:36:01.966Z
Reserved: 2014-09-01T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2012-6656
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2014-12-05T16:59:00.067
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2012-6656
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN