CVE-2012-6656
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-12-05 16:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:36Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-09-01
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 50e8b87c91735ff9a233e60b584dacc86ebac7e6a07c157f008789befae3c934
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com69472http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69472
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2432-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2432-1
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2014:175http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140829 CVE request: glibc character set conversion from IBM code pageshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/29/3
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201503-04https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
- sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14134
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140902 Re: CVE request: glibc character set conversion from IBM code pageshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/02/1
- sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e230d11837f3ae7b375ea69d7905f0d18eb79e5
- www.debian.orgDSA-3142http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- glibc Fixed in 2.17-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- glibc Fixed in 2.17-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- glibc Fixed in 2.17-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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