CVE-2020-29562

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

4.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26923 patch third party advisory exploit issue tracking
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TVCUNLQ3HXGS4VPUQKWTJGRAW2KTFGXS/ vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0004/ third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-20 vendor advisory third party advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-29562?
CVE-2020-29562 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-29562?
To fix CVE-2020-29562, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-29562 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-29562 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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