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.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e230d11837f3ae7b375ea69d7905f0d18eb79e5
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69472
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2432-1
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/29/3
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
Exploit, Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14134
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/02/1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142
Scores
EPSS
0.0118
EPSS Percentile
79.0%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (6)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.10
debian/debian_linux
7.0
gnu/glibc
< 2.16
Published
Dec 05, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026