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.
Affected Products
- azl3 glibc 2.38-10 on Azure Linux 3.0
- cbl2 glibc 2.35-7 on CBL Mariner 2.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2961
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2961
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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