Improper input validation in GNU Glibc
CVE-2012-6656
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.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.034 (88.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU Glibc
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 12.04, 14.04
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/69472 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2432-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/29/3 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04 (vendor-advisory)
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/02/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- sourceware.org/git/
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)