CVE-2014-6040
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2014-6040 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-12-05 16:59:09 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.1.1.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.1.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.10.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.11.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.11.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.11.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.12.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.12.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.14.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| GNU glibc 'iconv()' Denial of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| oss-security - CVE request: glibc character set conversion from IBM code pages | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | |
| Security Advisory SA62146 - Oracle Linux update for glibc - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2015-0016 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | linux.oracle.com | |
| Bug 17325 – iconv from ccsid 937 to utf-8 access invalid memory (CVE-2014-6040) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sourceware.org | Exploit |
| USN-2432-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | ubuntu.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| oss-security - Re: CVE request: glibc character set conversion from IBM code pages | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | Exploit |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:175 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3142-1 eglibc | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | Vendor Advisory |
| GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201602-02) — Gentoo Security | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commitdiff | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sourceware.org | |
| sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commitdiff | MITRE | sourceware.org | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| access.redhat.com | CVE-2014-6040 | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Bug 1135841 – CVE-2014-6040 glibc: crash in code page decoding functions (IBM933, IBM935, IBM937, IBM939, IBM1364) | MITRE | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| 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.