CVE-2024-2961

CVE Details

Release Date:

2024-04-17

Description

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.

See more information about CVE-2024-2961 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS Scoring

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.1 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	8.8	CVSS Vector:	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (glibc)	ELSA-2024-12442	2024-06-18
Oracle Linux version 7 (glibc)	ELSA-2024-12444	2024-06-19
Oracle Linux version 7 (glibc)	ELSA-2024-3588	2024-06-05
Oracle Linux version 8 (glibc)	ELSA-2024-2722	2024-05-08
Oracle Linux version 8 (glibc)	ELSA-2024-3269	2024-05-29
Oracle Linux version 9 (glibc)	ELSA-2024-12472	2024-07-03
Oracle Linux version 9 (glibc)	ELSA-2024-3339	2024-05-29

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