VDB
DEBIAN-CVE-2014-6040
DEBIAN-CVE-2014-6040
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH
GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a multibyte character value of "0xffff" to the iconv function when converting (1) IBM933, (2) IBM935, (3) IBM937, (4) IBM939, or (5) IBM1364 encoded data to UTF-8.
Risk Scores
CVSS 4.0
8.699999809265137
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | glibc | 0 |
| Debian:12 | glibc | 0 |
| Debian:14 | glibc | 0 |
Timeline
- Dec 5, 2014 CVE Published
- Oct 23, 2026 CVE Updated