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CVE-2020-29562 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.8 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:4.8 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TVCUNLQ3HXGS4VPUQKWTJGRAW2KTFGXS/ CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-20 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0004/ CVEThird Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26923 CVEExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-617Reachable Assertion[email protected]
CWE-617Reachable AssertionCISA-ADP

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gnu glibc
>= 2.30, <= 2.32

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
32

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
netapp e-series santricity os controller
>= 11.0.0, <= 11.60.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_os_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

12 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-29562
NVD Published Date:
Dec 4, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-29562 Details - Not Deferred