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CVE-2021-3326

glibc: Assertion failure in ISO-2022-JP-3 gconv module related to combining characters

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · January 27, 2021

Updated · March 21, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in glibc's iconv() functionality. This flaw allows an attacker capable of supplying a crafted sequence of characters to an application using iconv() to convert from ISO-2022-JP-3 to cause an assertion failure. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Statement

Exploitation of this flaw would cause the application to halt execution. It relies on processing untrusted input in the ISO-2022-JP-3 encoding or ISO-2022-JP-3 being used as a MIME charset in applications using iconv.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion