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Vulnerability details: VCID-73xy-ygvv-aaak
Vulnerability ID VCID-73xy-ygvv-aaak
Aliases CVE-2016-10228
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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
System Score Found at
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1585
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rhbs low https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1428290
cvssv2 2.1 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 3.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 3.7 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772@%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
generic_textual LOW https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772@%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10228
cvssv3 5.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10228
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
Reference id Reference type URL
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/01/10
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-10228.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-10228
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10228
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772@%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
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
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19519
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19519#c21
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26224
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96525
1428290 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1428290
856503 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=856503
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-10228 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10228
RHSA-2021:1585 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1585
USN-5310-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5310-1/
USN-5768-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5768-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-10228.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

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none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772@%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10228
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10228
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

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none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.37199
EPSS Score 0.00153
Published At June 1, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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