CVE•Published 2024-04-17•Modified 2026-05-12•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2024-2961Gnu · Glibc

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

7.3

HIGH

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

EPSS percentile

100

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 0% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

Description

The iconv() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.39 and older may overflow the output buffer passed to it by up to 4 bytes when converting strings to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set, which may be used to crash an application or overwrite a neighbouring variable.

Timeline

Published 2024-04-17

Modified 2026-05-12

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2024-2961

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Gnu Glibc"

All exposed Gnu Glibc instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Glibc"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Glibc" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2024-2961