CVE-2020-27618

Updated: 2025-08-20 02:32:48.968431

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.


Links NIST CIRCL RHEL Ubuntu

Severity

Severity Score
CVSS Version 2.x LOW 2.1
CVSS Version 3.x MEDIUM 5.5

Status

OS name Project name Version Score Severity Status Errata Last updated

Statement

CentOS 6 ELS glibc 2.12 5.5 MEDIUM Ignored 2024-05-06 21:57:45 Ignored due to low severity
CentOS 8.4 ELS glibc 2.28 5.5 MEDIUM Already Fixed 2023-11-07 03:51:20
CentOS 8.5 ELS glibc 2.28 5.5 MEDIUM Already Fixed 2023-11-07 03:51:20
CloudLinux 6 ELS glibc 2.12 5.5 MEDIUM Ignored 2024-05-06 21:57:44 Ignored due to low severity
Oracle Linux 6 ELS glibc 2.12 5.5 MEDIUM Ignored 2024-05-06 21:57:45 Ignored due to low severity
Ubuntu 16.04 ELS glibc 2.23-0 5.5 MEDIUM Released CLSA-2022:1671481209 2022-12-19 16:03:10