Medium 4.8Published Dec 4, 2020

CVE-2020-29562The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.30 to 2.32, when converting UCS4 text containing an irreversible character, fails an assertion in the code path and aborts the program,…

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Exploited in the last 30 days

The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.30 to 2.32, when converting UCS4 text containing an irreversible character, fails an assertion in the code path and aborts the program, potentially resulting in a denial of service.

CVSS: 4.8 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-617
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: mitre
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 14, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name)	from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5	CISA ADP
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518f_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name)	from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5	CISA ADP
Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:siplus_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name)	from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5	CISA ADP
gnu glibc gnu:glibc	from 2.30 through 2.32	NVD
fedoraproject fedora fedoraproject:fedora	32	NVD
netapp e-series_santricity_os_controller netapp:e-series_santricity_os_controller	from 11.0.0 through 11.60.3	NVD

References

References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26923	x-refsource-misc, exploit, issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TVCUNLQ3HXGS4VPUQKWTJGRAW2KTFGXS/	vendor-advisory, x-refsource-fedora
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0004/	x-refsource-confirm, third-party-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-20	vendor-advisory, x-refsource-gentoo, third-party-advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E	mailing-list, x-refsource-mlist
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html

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