DEBIAN-CVE-2020-29562

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-29562
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-29562.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-29562
Upstream
Published
2020-12-04T07:15:11Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:24Z
Severity
  • 4.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.31-7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.31-7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.31-7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.31-7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}