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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-2961 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/17/9 CVE, GNU C Library Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/18/4 CVE, GNU C Library Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/24/2 CVE, GNU C Library Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/1 CVE, GNU C Library Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/2 CVE, GNU C Library Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/3 CVE, GNU C Library Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/4 CVE, GNU C Library Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/5 CVE, GNU C Library Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/6 CVE, GNU C Library Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/22/5 CVE, GNU C Library Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00001.html CVE, GNU C Library Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BTJFBGHDYG5PEIFD5WSSSKSFZ2AZWC5N/ CVE, GNU C Library Broken Link 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/P3I4KYS6EU6S7QZ47WFNTPVAHFIUQNEL/ CVE, GNU C Library Broken Link 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YAMJQI3Y6BHWV3CUTYBXOZONCUJNOB2Z/ CVE, GNU C Library Broken Link 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240531-0002/ CVE, GNU C Library Third Party Advisory 
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0004 CVE, GNU C Library Third Party Advisory 
https://www.ambionics.io/blog/iconv-cve-2024-2961-p1 CVE Broken Link 
https://www.ambionics.io/blog/iconv-cve-2024-2961-p2 CVE Broken Link 
https://www.ambionics.io/blog/iconv-cve-2024-2961-p3 CVE Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write GNU C Library  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-2961
NVD Published Date:
04/17/2024
NVD Last Modified:
04/03/2026
Source:
GNU C Library