CVE-2020-29562CWE-617

CVE-2020-29562

Medium · published December 4, 2020

CVSS v3.1
4.8
EPSS
2%
Percentile
76.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01682 · 76.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion
Published
2020-12-04T12:15Z
Affected products (3)
ProductVersionsFixed in
gnu/glibc≥ 2.30, ≤ 2.32—
fedoraproject/fedoraall versions—
netapp/e-series_santricity_os_controller≥ 11.0.0, ≤ 11.60.3—
References (12)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 DEC 06:48Z
    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…
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