CVE-2020-29562

MEDIUM

glibc 2.30-2.32 - Denial of Service via Iconv UCS4 Character Conversion

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.30 to 2.32, when converting UCS4 text containing an irreversible character, fails an assertion in the code path and aborts the program, potentially resulting in a denial of service.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26923
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0004/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-20

Scores

CVSS v3 4.8
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 16.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-617
Status published
Products (3)
fedoraproject/fedora 32
gnu/glibc 2.30 - 2.32
netapp/e-series_santricity_os_controller 11.0.0 - 11.60.3
Published Dec 04, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026