| Name | CVE-2024-2961 |
| Description | The iconv() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.39 and older 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-5673-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1069191 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| glibc (PTS) | buster | 2.28-10+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 2.28-10+deb10u2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2.31-13+deb11u8 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 2.31-13+deb11u9 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.36-9+deb12u4 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 2.36-9+deb12u6 | fixed |
| trixie | 2.37-18 | fixed |
| sid | 2.37-19 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/17/9
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/18/4
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0004
Introduced by: https://sourceware.org/git?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=755104edc75c53f4a0e7440334e944ad3c6b32fc (cvs/libc-2_1_94)
Fixed by: https://sourceware.org/git?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=f9dc609e06b1136bb0408be9605ce7973a767ada