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

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (glibc)	ELSA-2015-0016	2015-01-07
Oracle Linux version 7 (glibc)	ELSA-2015-0327	2015-03-09
Oracle VM version 3.3 (glibc)	OVMSA-2015-0003	2015-01-08

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