Out-of-bounds Read Affecting glibc package, versions <2.31-0ubuntu9.7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.04% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-GLIBC-1055790
  • published6 Jan 2021
  • disclosed4 Jan 2021

Introduced: 4 Jan 2021

CVE-2019-25013  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 glibc to version 2.31-0ubuntu9.7 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The iconv feature in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.32, when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences in the EUC-KR encoding, may have a buffer over-read.

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