CVE-2014-6040
GNU C Library (glibc) Out-of-Bounds Read Denial of Service (DoS)
Description
GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a multibyte character value of "0xffff" to the iconv function when converting (1) IBM933, (2) IBM935, (3) IBM937, (4) IBM939, or (5) IBM1364 encoded data to UTF-8.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 5, 2014, 4:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 13, 2023, 12:42 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed 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. GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a multibyte character value of "0xffff" to the iconv function when converting (1) IBM933, (2) IBM935, (3) IBM937, (4) IBM939, or (5) IBM1364 encoded data to UTF-8. Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0016 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0327 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6040 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1135841 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a multibyte character value of "0xffff" to the iconv function when converting (1) IBM933, (2) IBM935, (3) IBM937, (4) IBM939, or (5) IBM1364 encoded data to UTF-8. 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. Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Removed Reference https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=41488498b6 [Exploit] Added Reference https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=41488498b6 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0016 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1135841 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0327 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6040 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 03, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62146 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62100 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0016.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 03, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 17, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142 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:2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Changed Reference Type https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=41488498b6 No Types Assigned https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=41488498b6 Exploit 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 Exploit Changed Reference Type https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17325 No Types Assigned https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17325 Exploit Changed Reference Type http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2432-1 No Types Assigned http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2432-1 Advisory, Patch Added CWE CWE-119
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Exploit Prediction
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1.50 }} -0.20%
score
0.87028
percentile