CVE-2016-10228

glibc: iconv program can hang when invoked with the -c option

Severity Score

5.9

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

El programa iconv de la Biblioteca C de GNU (tambíen conocido como glibc o libc6) versión 2.31 y anteriores, cuando es invocado con múltiples sufijos en la codificación de destino (TRANSLATE o IGNORE) junto con la opción -c, entra en un bucle infinito al procesar secuencias de entrada multibyte inválidas, lo que lleva a una denegación de servicio.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-03-01 CVE Reserved
2017-03-02 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-12 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/01/10	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96525	Vdb Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.html	Mailing List
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19519	Issue Tracking
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

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-20	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10228	2021-05-18
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1428290	2021-05-18

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Glibc Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Glibc"				<= 2.25 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Glibc" and version " <= 2.25"		-		Affected