CVE-2019-5600
highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.049 · 92 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE before r349622, 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p7, 11.3-PRERELEASE before r349624, 11.3-RC3 before 11.3-RC3-p1, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p11, a bug in iconv implementation may allow an attacker to write past the end of an output buffer. Depending on the implementation, an attacker may be able to create a denial of service, provoke incorrect program behavior, or induce a remote code execution.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (4)
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references (12)
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- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153520/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-09.iconv.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5600cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153520/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-09.iconv.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:09.iconv.asccnnvd
- https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:09.iconv.asccnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/FreeBSD-buffer-overflow-via-iconv-29674cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.2472/cnnvd
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:09.iconv.ascPatchcnnvd
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