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CVE-2016-10228
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-02T01:59:00.143 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:39:19.760

Summary

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.

Affected products

gnu — glibc

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