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CVE-2016-10228 (GCVE-0-2016-10228)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-02 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:14
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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.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2017-03-01 00:00
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