CVE-2014-6040

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2014-6040
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2014-12-05T16:59:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T00:42:20
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.19
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0016.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/62100
http://secunia.com/advisories/62146
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2432-1 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142 Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/29/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/02/1 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69472
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0016
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0327
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6040
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1135841
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17325 Exploit
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=41488498b6
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6040
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6040
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:53:27 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 02:33:22 2014-12-05T16:59Z 2014-12-05T16:59:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 02:33:22 2017-01-03T02:59:06 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 02:33:22 Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-02 16:04:51 2023-02-02T15:16:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-02 16:04:51 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. An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way glibc's iconv() function converted certain encoded data to UTF-8. An attacker able to make an application call the iconv() function with a specially crafted argument could use this flaw to crash that application. Description updated
2023-02-02 16:04:52 References updated
2023-02-13 01:05:32 2023-02-13T00:42:20 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 01:05:32 An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way glibc's iconv() function converted certain encoded data to UTF-8. An attacker able to make an application call the iconv() function with a specially crafted argument could use this flaw to crash that application. 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. Description updated