CVE-2021-43396

Public on 2021-11-04
Modified on 2024-08-20
Description
In iconvdata/iso-2022-jp-3.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.34, remote attackers can force iconv() to emit a spurious '\0' character via crafted ISO-2022-JP-3 data that is accompanied by an internal state reset. This may affect data integrity in certain iconv() use cases. NOTE: the vendor states "the bug cannot be invoked through user input and requires iconv to be invoked with a NULL inbuf, which ought to require a separate application bug to do so unintentionally. Hence there's no security impact to the bug.
Severity
Low severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
0.0
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 glibc No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2 - Core glibc Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 glibc 2025-05-21 ALAS2023-2025-988 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 0.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N