CVE-2012-6656
Medium
Description
iconvdata/ibm930.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.16 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a multibyte character value of "0xffff" to the iconv function when converting IBM930 encoded data to UTF-8.
SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
Product
Gnu Glibc
PublishedDec 5, 2014
First seenDec 5, 2014
How to fix
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Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| gnu glibc | v ≤ 2.16 | — |
| debian debian_linux | 7.0 | — |
| canonical ubuntu_linux | 10.04, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10 | — |
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