CVE-2016-10228
MEDIUM5.9EPSS 0.38%glibc - security update
Published: 3/2/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
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 packages (2)
- Debian/glibcfrom 0, < 2.31-3
- Debian/glibcfrom 0, < 2.28-10+deb10u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |