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CVE-2012-6656

iconvdata/ibm930.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.16 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of serv

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.01184
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation
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Affected Products & Versions

3
debian linuxall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
gnu glibc<= 2.16
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocsourceware.org · show_bug.cgi?id=14134sourceware.org
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Scoring & Timeline

5
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD05 Dec 2014 · 04:59 PM
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Vendor Advisories

5
usnUSN-2432-1
suse-csafsuse-ru-2015_0794-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0253-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0439-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0551-1
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References & Sources

8
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/29/3Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/02/1Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69472Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2432-1Third Party Advisory
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