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CVE-2024-2961

Published: Apr 17, 2024

Modified: May 12, 2026

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
The GNU C Library	glibc	affected `2.1.93 - < 2.40`

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0004

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/P3I4KYS6EU6S7QZ47WFNTPVAHFIUQNEL/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YAMJQI3Y6BHWV3CUTYBXOZONCUJNOB2Z/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BTJFBGHDYG5PEIFD5WSSSKSFZ2AZWC5N/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/24/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/17/9

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/18/4

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00001.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/6

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/3

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240531-0002/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/22/5

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