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CVE-2024-2961

high

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 I…

Vendor / product: Gnu — glibc

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.

CVSS
7.3
7.3 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2024-04-17 18:15
Modified: 2026-11-03 22:17
NVD status: Undergoing Analysis
Last synced 10 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 22:24 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

gnu / glibc ≥2.1.93 <2.40
netapp / active_iq_unified_manager all versions
debian / debian_linux 10.0
netapp / hci_h300s_firmware all versions
netapp / hci_h500s_firmware all versions
netapp / hci_h700s_firmware all versions
netapp / hci_h410s_firmware all versions
netapp / hci_h410c_firmware all versions
netapp / hci_h610c_firmware all versions
netapp / hci_h610s_firmware all versions
netapp / hci_h615c_firmware all versions
netapp / hci_compute_node all versions
netapp / ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility all versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 22:24 UTC · record ↗

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