CVE-2020-27618
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.5 Medium
- Published
- Feb 26, 2021
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 22, 2020
Description
The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.32 and earlier, when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences in IBM1364, IBM1371, IBM1388, IBM1390, and IBM1399 encodings, fails to advance the input state, which could lead to an infinite loop in applications, resulting in a denial of service, a different vulnerability from CVE-2016-10228.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26224
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19519#c21
- GLSA-202107-07vendor-advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210401-0006/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221017 [SECURITY] [DLA 3152-1] glibc security updatemailing-list
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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