CVE-2012-6656

Publication date 31 December 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

iconvdata/ibm930.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.16 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a multibyte character value of "0xffff" to the iconv function when converting IBM930 encoded data to UTF-8.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
eglibc 14.10 utopic Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 2.15-0ubuntu10.9
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.19
glibc 14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
eglibc

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2432-1
    • GNU C Library vulnerabilities
    • 3 December 2014

Other references