CVE-2016-10228

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.

• CVE ID
• CVE-2016-10228

• Assigner
• cve@mitre.org

• Vulnerability Status
• Modified

• Published Version
• 2017-03-02T01:59:00

• Last Modified Date
• 2022-10-17T18:15:10

• Version
• 2.0

• Vector String
• AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

• Access Vector
• NETWORK

• Access Compatibility
• MEDIUM

• Authentication
• NONE

• Confidentiality Impact
• NONE

• Integrity Impact
• NONE

• Availability Impact
• PARTIAL

• Base Score
• 4.3

• Severity
• MEDIUM

• Exploitability Score
• 8.6

• Impact Score
• 2.9

• Version
• 3.0

• Vector String
• CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

• Attack Vector
• NETWORK

• Attack Compatibility
• HIGH

• Privileges Required
• NONE

• User Interaction
• NONE

• Scope
• UNCHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• NONE

• Availability Impact
• HIGH

• Base Score
• 5.9

• Base Severity
• MEDIUM

• Exploitability Score
• 2.2

• Impact Score
• 3.6