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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-02T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:14:42.874Z

Reserved: 2017-03-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-10228

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-02T01:59:00.143

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:29:33.143

Link: CVE-2016-10228

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-01-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-10228 - Bugzilla