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CVE-2024-2961

Public on 2024-04-17
Modified on 2024-04-18
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.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
8.2
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 glibc 2024-04-25 16:04 ALAS-2024-1930
Amazon Linux 2 - Core glibc 2024-04-24 22:15 ALAS2-2024-2521
Amazon Linux 2023 glibc 2024-04-25 16:39 ALAS2023-2024-589

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H