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CVE-2026-80489 (GCVE-0-2026-80489)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-15 10:51 – Updated: 2026-09-15 12:22
VLAI
Title
EUC_JISX0213 decoding may hang on crafted input
Summary
Converting crafted EUC_JISX0213 input to UCS-4 or the internal wide character encoding, for example with iconv, in the GNU C Library version 2.3 to 2.44 may result in the converter making no progress, causing the calling application to hang. Some EUC_JISX0213 sequences decode to two code points. If the output buffer has room for only the first one, the converter stores the second in the conversion state and returns E2BIG, but it never clears that pending character after emitting it on the next call. The converter then keeps emitting the pending character without consuming further input, so an application that retries the conversion loops forever. The input must be attacker controlled and the application must convert it with an output buffer small enough to split the two code points. Only the EUC_JISX0213 character set is affected, which is not commonly used. The related defect in SHIFT_JISX0213 converter is tracked separately as CVE-2026-77117.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-15 12:21 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-835 - Loop with unreachable exit condition ('infinite loop')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
The GNU C Library glibc Affected: 2.3 , ≤ 2.44 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-08-26 04:00
Credits
AISLE in partnership with Red Hat
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