# CVE-2014-6040: GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a m

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-12-05 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a multibyte character value of "0xffff" to the iconv function when converting (1) IBM933, (2) IBM935, (3) IBM937, (4) IBM939, or (5) IBM1364 encoded data to UTF-8.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69472
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0016.html
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=41488498b6
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/29/3
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2432-1
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17325
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62100
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/02/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62146
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142

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