Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Mar 2, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-10228
CVE-2016-10228
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.
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Affected products
19- osv-coords15 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/glibc-benchtestspkg:rpm/almalinux/glibc-nss-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/glibc-staticpkg:rpm/almalinux/nss_hesiodpkg:rpm/opensuse/glibc&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/glibc&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/glibc-testsuite-src&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.0pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5
< 2.28-151.el8+ 14 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.28-151.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.28-151.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.28-151.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.28-151.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26-lp152.26.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.34-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26-lp152.26.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26-13.62.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26-13.62.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26-13.62.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-126.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-126.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-114.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-114.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-114.12.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/01/10nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96525nvd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-20nvd
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlnvd
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