Out-of-bounds Read Affecting glibc package, versions *


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 2.04% (89th percentile)
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NVD
5.9 medium
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SUSE
5.3 medium
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Red Hat
4.8 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-GLIBC-1055402
  • published 5 Jan 2021
  • disclosed 4 Jan 2021

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 glibc.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The iconv feature in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.32, when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences in the EUC-KR encoding, may have a buffer over-read.