CVE-2016-10228

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.

Score
CVSS 3.0 5.9 Medium
Status
Modified - cve@mitre.org
Published
2017-03-02
Last modified
2026-10-14
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Affected products

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