CVE-2014-3951

FreeBSD and NetBSD - Denial of Service via iconv_open NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The HZ module in the iconv implementation in FreeBSD 10.0 before p6 and NetBSD allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted argument to the iconv_open function. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT per ADT2 due to different vulnerability types. CVE-2014-5384 is used for the NULL pointer dereference.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_freebsd
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:15.iconv.asc
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030458
Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2014/06/24/msg055822.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0041
EPSS Percentile 61.3%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
freebsd/freebsd 10.0
netbsd/netbsd
Published Aug 21, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026