CVE-2024-2961
The iconv() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.39 and older may overflow the output buffer passed to it by up to 4 bytes when converting strings to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set, which may be used to crash an application or overwrite a…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 88.3%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The iconv() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.39 and older may overflow the output buffer passed to it by up to 4 bytes when converting strings to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set, which may be used to crash an application or overwrite a neighbouring variable.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
- EPSS
- 88.33% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- gnu/glibc · netapp/active iq unified manager · debian/debian linux · netapp/hci h300s firmware · netapp/hci h500s firmware · netapp/hci h700s firmware · netapp/hci h410s firmware · netapp/hci h410c firmware · netapp/hci h610c firmware · netapp/hci h610s firmware · netapp/hci h615c firmware · netapp/hci compute node · netapp/ontap select deploy administration utility
- Source
- 3ff69d7a-14f2-4f67-a097-88dee7810d18
EPSS 88.3% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/17/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/18/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/24/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/22/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BTJFBGHDYG5PEIFD5WSSSKSFZ2AZWC5N/Broken Link
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3I4KYS6EU6S7QZ47WFNTPVAHFIUQNEL/Broken Link
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YAMJQI3Y6BHWV3CUTYBXOZONCUJNOB2Z/Broken Link
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240531-0002/Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0004Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/17/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/18/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/24/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/22/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BTJFBGHDYG5PEIFD5WSSSKSFZ2AZWC5N/Broken Link
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3I4KYS6EU6S7QZ47WFNTPVAHFIUQNEL/Broken Link
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YAMJQI3Y6BHWV3CUTYBXOZONCUJNOB2Z/Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.