CVE-2014-6040

CVE Details

Release Date:2014-08-28

Description


An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way glibc's iconv() function converted certain encoded data to UTF-8. An attacker able to make an application call the iconv() function with a specially crafted argument could use this flaw to crash that application.

See more information about CVE-2014-6040 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 2.1 Base Metrics: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector: Local network Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (glibc)ELSA-2015-00162015-01-07
Oracle Linux version 7 (glibc)ELSA-2015-03272015-03-09
Oracle VM version 3.3 (glibc)OVMSA-2015-00032015-01-08



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