CVE-2016-10228
MEDIUM 5.9
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 4.11 % · percentile 91 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96525
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-20
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19519
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/01/10
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19519#c21
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26224
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.0 | MEDIUM 5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2016-1413
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2016-10228
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-1015 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-0453 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-0385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware Tanzu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2021-AVI-791 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 2.25
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |