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TI-2014-04988 Aliases CVE-2014-6040GHSA-q282-r79m-mmjq

GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a…

Priority LOW 32CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 16 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06564 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 16 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 29

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.19VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.1VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.2VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.3VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.4VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.5VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.6VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.1VulnerableGNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.19 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.1 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.2 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.3 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.4 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.5 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.6 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.1 Vulnerable ·GNU
Show 19 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.1.6VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.2VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.3VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.9VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.10.1VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.11VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.11.1VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.11.2VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.11.3VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.12VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.12.1VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.12.2VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.13VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.14VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.14.1VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.15VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.16VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.17VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.18VulnerableGNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.1.6 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.2 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.3 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.9 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.10.1 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.11 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.11.1 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.11.2 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.11.3 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.12 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.12.1 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.12.2 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.13 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.14 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.14.1 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.15 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.16 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.17 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.18 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2015:0327 Released 2015-03-05 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    glibc security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) glibc-2.17-78.el7, glibc-common-2.17-78.el7, glibc-devel-2.17-78.el7 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) glibc-static-2.17-78.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) glibc-2.17-78.el7, glibc-common-2.17-78.el7, glibc-devel-2.17-78.el7 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) glibc-static-2.17-78.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) glibc-2.17-78.el7, glibc-2.17-78.el7.ppc, glibc-common-2.17-78.el7 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) glibc-static-2.17-78.el7, glibc-static-2.17-78.el7.ppc
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) glibc-2.17-78.el7, glibc-common-2.17-78.el7, glibc-devel-2.17-78.el7 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) glibc-static-2.17-78.el7
  • RHSA-2015:0016 Released 2015-01-07 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    glibc security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) glibc-2.12-1.149.el6_6.4, glibc-common-2.12-1.149.el6_6.4, glibc-devel-2.12-1.149.el6_6.4 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) glibc-static-2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) glibc-2.12-1.149.el6_6.4, glibc-common-2.12-1.149.el6_6.4, glibc-devel-2.12-1.149.el6_6.4 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) glibc-static-2.12-1.149.el6_6.4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) glibc-2.12-1.149.el6_6.4, glibc-2.12-1.149.el6_6.4.ppc, glibc-common-2.12-1.149.el6_6.4 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) glibc-static-2.12-1.149.el6_6.4, glibc-static-2.12-1.149.el6_6.4.ppc
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) glibc-2.12-1.149.el6_6.4, glibc-common-2.12-1.149.el6_6.4, glibc-devel-2.12-1.149.el6_6.4 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) glibc-static-2.12-1.149.el6_6.4

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:0327
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:0327
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:0327
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:0327
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:0016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:0016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:0016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:0016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:0016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:0327
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:0016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:0327
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:0016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:0327
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:0016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:0327

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-6040
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q282-r79m-mmjq

References

Exploit 2

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 3

  • TI-2023-04522 Glibc: buffer overflow in ld.so leading to privilege escalation KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2015-00205 Heap-based buffer overflow in the __nss_hostname_digits_dots function in glibc 2.2, and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2026-04772 scanf %mc off-by-one heap buffer overflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-07360 The deprecated compatibility function clnt_create in the sunrpc module of the GNU C… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-07359 The deprecated compatibility function svcunix_create in the sunrpc module of the GNU C… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2015-06274 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the (1) send_dg and (2) send_vc functions in the… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
See all 162 →

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