CVE-2021-43396 Affecting glibc package, versions <2.32-5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.06% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-GLIBC-18610918
  • published11 Aug 2026
  • disclosed4 Nov 2021

Introduced: 4 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-43396  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest glibc to version 2.32-5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

In iconvdata/iso-2022-jp-3.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.34, remote attackers can force iconv() to emit a spurious '\0' character via crafted ISO-2022-JP-3 data that is accompanied by an internal state reset. This may affect data integrity in certain iconv() use cases. NOTE: the vendor states "the bug cannot be invoked through user input and requires iconv to be invoked with a NULL inbuf, which ought to require a separate application bug to do so unintentionally. Hence there's no security impact to the bug.

CVSS Base Scores

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