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.
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69472 | third party advisory vdb entry |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2432-1 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175 | vendor advisory broken link |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/29/3 | third party advisory mailing list |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04 | vendor advisory |
| https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14134 | issue tracking exploit |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/02/1 | third party advisory mailing list |
| https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e230d11837f3ae7b375ea69d7905f0d18eb79e5 | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142 | third party advisory vendor advisory |