CVE-2026-4046 | BDVDB-2026-323653 Detail
The GNU C Libraryglibc
Description#
The iconv() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.43 and earlier may crash due to an assertion failure when converting inputs from the IBM1390 or IBM1399 character sets, which may be used to remotely crash an application. This vulnerability can be trivially mitigated by removing the IBM1390 and IBM1399 character sets from systems that do not need them.
Impact#
CAPEC-153 Input Data Manipulation
Weaknesses#
- CWE-617 Reachable assertion
References#
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33980
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob_plain;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2026-0007;hb=HEAD
- https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-announce/76814edf-cf7f-47ec-979d-2dce0a2c76bf@gotplt.org/T/#u
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.