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.
Published: 2017-03-02
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3152-1 glibc security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-1413 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5310-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5768-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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Gnu Glibc
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:14:42.874Z

Reserved: 2017-03-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-10228

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-02T01:59:00.143

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-10228

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-01-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-10228 - Bugzilla

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