CVE-2016-10228

N/A
Published: March 2, 2017 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: October 14, 2026 at 07:16 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsGlibcGlibcGNU C Library (glibc)

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 2.25
All versions

Remediation

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Patch and advisory references

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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