DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10228

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10228
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10228.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10228
Upstream
Published
2017-03-02T01:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:26Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.31-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.31-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.31-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.31-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}