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CVE-2020-27618

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.89%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-02-26 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2020-27618
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.89%

Original NVD 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.