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HistoryApr 17, 2024 - 5:27 p.m.

CVE-2024-2961

2024-04-1717:27:40
CWE-787
glibc
www.cve.org
1
buffer overflow
gnu c library
iso-2022-cn-ext
application crash
neighbouring variable

9 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

16.9%

The iconv() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.39 and older may overflow the output buffer passed to it by up to 4 bytes when converting strings to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set, which may be used to crash an application or overwrite a neighbouring variable.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "product": "glibc",
    "vendor": "The GNU C Library",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "2.40",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "2.1.93",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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