DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10228

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2016-10228
Downstream
DLA-3152-1
Published: 02 Mar 2017, 01:59
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:15

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
24/100
CVSS Score
5.9 MEDIUM
3.0 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 Mar 2017, 01:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:15
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

Affected Systems

  • debian•glibc

    < 2.31-3 | < 2.31-3 | < 2.31-3 | < 2.31-3

References (1)