usn-6737-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-04-18 11:58
Modified
2026-04-27 14:11
Summary
glibc vulnerability
Details
Charles Fol discovered that the GNU C Library iconv feature incorrectly handled certain input sequences. An attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
References
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"aliases": [],
"details": "Charles Fol discovered that the GNU C Library iconv feature incorrectly\nhandled certain input sequences. An attacker could use this issue to cause\nthe GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code.\n",
"id": "USN-6737-1",
"modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:33Z",
"published": "2024-04-18T11:58:27Z",
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