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.

CVSS 3.0

5.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-20

Published

2017-03-02

Modified

2026-10-14

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• gnu:glibc

References

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/01/10
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96525
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-20

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