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CVE-2016-10228

CVE-2016-10228MEDIUM

n/a n/a — The iconv program in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.31 and earlier, when invoked with multiple suffixes in the destination enco…

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   H   N   N  U  N  N  H    5.9   .0411   90.6     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Mar 1   Reserved by mitre
  Mar 2   Published (CNA: mitre)
  Oct 14  ENRICHED — CVE-2016-10228. Received CVSS 5.9 and CPE data from NVD.

CWE-20 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.0 · 11 references · NVD status: Modified

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
March 1, 2017	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
March 2, 2017	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
October 14, 2026	ENRICHED	ENRICHED — CVE-2016-10228. Received CVSS 5.9 and CPE data from NVD.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-20

References (11)

Authoritative record: CVE-2016-10228 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-20

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