CVE-2012-6656
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-6656 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-12-05 16:59:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-11-07 02:13:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-20
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 10.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.10 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 10.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.10 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| GNU glibc 'iconv()' Denial of Service Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:175 | Mandriva | MANDRIVA | www.mandriva.com | Broken Link |
| sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit | sourceware.org | ||
| USN-2432-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | UBUNTU | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Bug 14134 – iconv() segfaults if the invalid multibyte character 0xffff is input when converting from IBM930 (CVE-2012-6656) | CONFIRM | sourceware.org | Exploit, Issue Tracking |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3142-1 eglibc | DEBIAN | www.debian.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Gentoo Security | GENTOO | security.gentoo.org | |
| sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit | CONFIRM | sourceware.org | Issue Tracking, Patch |
| oss-security - CVE request: glibc character set conversion from IBM code pages | MLIST | www.openwall.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| oss-security - Re: CVE request: glibc character set conversion from IBM code pages | MLIST | www.openwall.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.