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CVE-2016-10228 Details

Description

The iconv program in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.31 and earlier, when invoked with multiple suffixes in the destination encoding (TRANSLATE or IGNORE) along with the -c option, enters an infinite loop when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences, leading to a denial of service.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.9 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/01/10 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E CVE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.html CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-20 CVE
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19519 CVEIssue Tracking

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gnu glibc
<= 2.25

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

12 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-10228
NVD Published Date:
Mar 2, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-10228 Details - Not Deferred