CVE-2024-2961
HIGH7.3EPSS 91.9%glibc - security update
Published: 4/17/2024Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The iconv() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.39 and older may overflow the output buffer passed to it by up to 4 bytes when converting strings to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set, which may be used to crash an application or overwrite a neighbouring variable.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/glibcfrom 0, < 2.31-13+deb11u9
- Debian/glibcfrom 0, < 2.28-10+deb10u3
- Debian/glibcfrom 0, < 2.31-13+deb11u9
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |