CVE-2016-10228

MEDIUM

GNU Glibc < 2.25 - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule

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.

References (9)

[Patch] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26224

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/01/10

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.html

[Issue Tracking] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19519

[Patch] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19519#c21

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96525

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-20

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0041

EPSS Percentile 61.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Affected Products (2)

gnu/glibc < 2.25

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Mar 02, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026