5.9

CVE-2016-10228: gnu glibc Improper Input Validation

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2021-0289SUSE-SU-2021:3830-1UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10228
Published 02-03-2017Last modified 14-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-10228 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in gnu glibc. EPSS estimates a 4.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.9, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.11%
0%100%
Low · +0.11 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 5
DLA-3152-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10792-1RHSA-2021:1585SUSE-SU-2021:2480-1SUSE-SU-2022:2886-1USN-5310-1

Timeline

  1. 02-03-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.11%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.11 pp

From 4.01% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse3 products
  • glibc&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0< 2.26-13.62.1
  • glibc&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2< 2.26-13.62.1
  • glibc&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2< 2.26-13.62.1
Opensuse2 products
  • glibc-testsuite-src&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.2< 2.26-lp152.26.12.1
  • glibc&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.2< 2.26-lp152.26.12.1
Ubuntu2 products
  • eglibcAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • glibc< 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm3 | < 2.27-3ubuntu1.5 | < 2.31-0ubuntu9.7
Debian1 product
  • glibc< 2.31-3
Gnu1 product
Mageia1 product
  • glibc< 2.29-23.mga7

6 vendors · 10 products

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