CVE-2016-10228

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 12
Modified
Published: 02 Mar 2017, 00:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 03:14

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
24/100
CVSS Score
5.9 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.38% LOW
0% probability -0.06%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 Mar 2017, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 03:14
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.38%• Percentile: 60%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • gnu•glibc

    ≤ 2.25

References (9)