VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-10228

CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability4.11%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-03-02
Last modified2026-10-14
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references