CVE-2012-6656

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.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/29/3	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/02/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69472	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2432-1	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14134	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e230d11837f3ae7b375ea69d7905f0d18eb79e5

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2014-12-05 16:59

Updated : 2024-02-04 18:35

NVD link : CVE-2012-6656

Mitre link : CVE-2012-6656

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-6656

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Products Affected

gnu

glibc

debian

debian_linux

canonical

ubuntu_linux

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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