CVE-2020-29562
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.8 Medium
- Published
- Dec 4, 2020
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 4, 2020
Description
The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.30 to 2.32, when converting UCS4 text containing an irreversible character, fails an assertion in the code path and aborts the program, potentially resulting in a denial of service.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.8 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-617 Reachable Assertion
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26923
- FEDORA-2021-6e581c051avendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0004/
- GLSA-202101-20vendor-advisory
- [mina-dev] 20210225 [jira] [Created] (FTPSERVER-500) Security vulnerability in common/lib/log4j-1.2.17.jarmailing-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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