VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-29562

The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.30 to 2.32, when converting UCS4 text containing an irreversible character, fails an assertion in the code path and aborts the program, potentially resulting in a denial of service.

MEDIUM 4.8EPSS 1.53%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.53%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 1.53% probability · 73th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-617
Affected: gnu/glibc · fedoraproject/fedora · netapp/e-series santricity os controller
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TVCUNLQ3HXGS4VPUQKWTJGRAW2KTFGXS/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-20Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0004/Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26923Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TVCUNLQ3HXGS4VPUQKWTJGRAW2KTFGXS/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-20Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0004/Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26923Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.