CVE-2020-27618

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 13
Modified
Published: 26 Feb 2021, 00:00
Last modified:09 Jun 2025, 15:15

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.05% LOW
0% probability -0.02%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

26 Feb 2021, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
09 Jun 2025, 15:15
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.05%• Percentile: 16%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-835•Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

    The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    10.0

  • gnu•glibc

    ≤ 2.32

  • netapp•500f_firmware

    na

  • netapp•a250_firmware

    na

  • netapp•h300e

    na

  • netapp•h300s_firmware

    na

  • netapp•h410c_firmware

    na

  • netapp•h410s_firmware

    na

  • netapp•h500e

    na

  • netapp•h500s_firmware

    na

  • netapp•h700e

    na

  • netapp•h700s_firmware

    na

  • netapp•ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility

    na

  • oracle•communications_cloud_native_core_service_communication_proxy

    1.14.0

References (7)