HIGH 7.3 Microsoft PoC

CVE-2024-2961

The iconv() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.39 and older may overflow the output buffer passed to it by up to 4 bytes when converting strings to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set, which may be used to crash an application or overwrite a neighbouring variable.

Microsoft Security Update 2024-Apr: The iconv() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.39 and older may overflow the output buffer passed to it by up to 4 bytes when converting strings to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set, which may be used to crash an application or overwrite a neighbouring variable.

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Published: 2024-04-09 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-08-04
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.3 was published on 2024-04-09 via Microsoft. 🚨 A public proof-of-concept exploit is available on GitHub. EPSS score: 88.3% (top 0% of all CVEs by exploitation probability). Affected: azl3 glibc 2.38-10 on Azure Linux 3.0, cbl2 glibc 2.35-7 on CBL Mariner 2.0.
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