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CVE-2020-29562

4.8 medium SSVC exploitation: none Modified

The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.30 to 2.32, when converting UCS4 text containing an irreversible character, fails an assertion in the code path and aborts the program, potentially resulting in a denial of service.

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 4.8 · gnu, fedoraproject, netappNVD modified 2026-10-14 10:17

Affected (CPE criteria) 3

  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_os_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 12