CVE-2012-6656
IBM930 UTF-8 Denial of Service
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 5, 2014, 4:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 2:13 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2012-6656
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2012-6656
.
URL | Resource |
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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 |
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vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2012-6656
vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e230d11837f3ae7b375ea69d7905f0d18eb79e5 [No types assigned] Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=6e230d11837f3ae7b375ea69d7905f0d18eb79e5 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 26, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 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 OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Changed Reference Type https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14134 Exploit https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14134 Issue Tracking, Exploit Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/29/3 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/29/3 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=6e230d11837f3ae7b375ea69d7905f0d18eb79e5 No Types Assigned https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=6e230d11837f3ae7b375ea69d7905f0d18eb79e5 Issue Tracking, Patch Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69472 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69472 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2432-1 Vendor Advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2432-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/02/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/02/1 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142 Third Party Advisory -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 17, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 05, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Changed Reference Type https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14134 No Types Assigned https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14134 Exploit Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2432-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2432-1 Advisory Added CWE CWE-20
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-6656
is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-6656
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.31 }} -0.03%
score
0.69826
percentile