Description
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.
Published: 2014-12-05
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-97-1 eglibc security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3142-1 eglibc security update
EUVD 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 Ubuntu USN USN-2432-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Gnu Glibc
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:36:01.966Z

Reserved: 2014-09-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-6656

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-12-05T16:59:00.067

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2012-6656

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-05-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-6656 - Bugzilla

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