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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 5, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2014-6040

CVE-2014-6040

Description

GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a multibyte character value of "0xffff" to the iconv function when converting (1) IBM933, (2) IBM935, (3) IBM937, (4) IBM939, or (5) IBM1364 encoded data to UTF-8.

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Affected products

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  • GNU/Glibc30 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 29 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.19
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <2.20

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