CVE-2020-27618

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

26/02/2021

Last modified:

09/06/2025

Description

The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.32 and earlier, when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences in IBM1364, IBM1371, IBM1388, IBM1390, and IBM1399 encodings, fails to advance the input state, which could lead to an infinite loop in applications, resulting in a denial of service, a different vulnerability from CVE-2016-10228.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

2.10

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc::::::::		2.32 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:a250_firmware:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:a250:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:500f_firmware:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:500f:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410c_firmware:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410c:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h300s:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h500s:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h700s:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300e_firmware:-:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc::::::::		2.32 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:a250_firmware:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:a250:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:500f_firmware:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:500f:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410c_firmware:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410c:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h300s:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h500s:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h700s:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300e_firmware:-:::::::*

CVE-2020-27618

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools