Out-of-bounds Write Affecting glibc package, versions [2.32,2.32-140) [2.33,2.33-263) [2.34,2.34-459) [2.35,2.35-315) [2.36,2.36-164) [2.37,2.37-89) [2.38,2.38-66) [.2.39,2.39-31)
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (13th
percentile)
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- published 21 Apr 2024
- disclosed 17 Apr 2024
- credit Charles Fol
Introduced: 17 Apr 2024
New CVE-2024-2961 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade glibc to version 2.32-140, 2.33-263, 2.34-459, 2.35-315, 2.36-164, 2.37-89, 2.38-66, 2.39-31 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write through the iconv function. An attacker can crash an application or overwrite a neighbouring variable by converting strings to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set.
References
- Advisory
- [Fix Commit 2.32-140](https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h= 682ad4c8623e611a971839990ceef00346289cc9)
- Fix Commit 2.33-263
- Fix Commit 2.34-459
- Fix Commit 2.35-315
- Fix Commit 2.36-164
- Fix Commit 2.37-89
- Fix Commit 2.38-66
- Fix Commit 2.39-31
- Fix Commit 2.40
- OSS Security Advisory