Medium severity · published Feb 26, 2021
CVE-2020-27618
The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.32 and earlier, when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences in IBM1364, IBM1371, IBM1388, IBM1390, and…
5.5
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.32 and earlier, when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences in IBM1364, IBM1371, IBM1388, IBM1390, and IBM1399 encodings, fails to advance the input state, which could lead to an infinite loop in applications, resulting in a denial of service, a different vulnerability from CVE-2016-10228.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
5F
500f Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
AF
A250 Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CC
Communications Cloud Native Core Service Communication Proxy · Oracle
1.14.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
GL
Glibc · Gnu
through 2.32 · source: NVD
HF
H300e Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H300s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500e Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H700e Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27618
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-27618
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-07
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210401-0006/
Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19519#c21
Exploit
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26224
Not Applicable
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
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