#VU49670 Reachable Assertion in Glibc - CVE-2020-29562
Published: December 4, 2020 / Updated: January 19, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU49670
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-29562
CWE-ID: CWE-617
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Glibc
Glibc
Software vendor:
GNU
GNU
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion when converting UCS4 text containing an irreversible character in the iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6). A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the library, trigger an assertion failure and preform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.