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Out-of-bounds Write

CVE-2024-2961

High
9.8/10

Summary

The "iconv()" function in the GNU C Library, may overflow the output buffer passed to it by up to "4 bytes" when converting strings to the "ISO-2022-CN-EXT" character set, which may be used to crash an application or overwrite a "neighbouring" variable. This vulnerability affects glibc versions 2.1.94 through 2.31.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-787 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Out-of-bounds write vulnerability is a memory access bug that allows software to write data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. This may result in the corruption of data, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.

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