Vulnerability CVE-2016-10228: Information

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.

Severity: MEDIUM (5.9) Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Published: March 2, 2017
Modified: Nov. 7, 2023
Error type identifier: CWE-20

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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