7.5

CVE-2021-3326: debian debian_linux Reachable Assertion

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-3326DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3326
Published 27-01-2021Last modified 14-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-3326 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Reachable Assertion vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 3.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 4% (FIRST, 04-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
3.82%
0%100%
Low · +0.73 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 8

Timeline

  1. 27-01-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.32 and earlier, when processing invalid input sequences in the ISO-2022-JP-3 encoding, fails an assertion in the code path and aborts the program, potentially resulting in a denial of service.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.82%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.73 pp

From 3.09% on 05-10-2026

05-10-202604-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Fujitsu6 products
Debian2 products
Netapp2 products
Ubuntu2 products
  • eglibcAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • glibc< 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm2 | < 2.27-3ubuntu1.5 | < 2.31-0ubuntu9.7
Gnu1 product
Oracle1 product

6 vendors · 14 products

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