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CVE-2016-10228
March 02, 2017
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.
Related Resources (10)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96525
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-20
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26224
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10228
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19519
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19519#c21
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/01/10
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
CVSS v2
Base Score:
4.3
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Input Validation
CWE-20
EPSS
Base Score:
0.52