CVE-2016-10228EPSS p90.6%

CVE-2016-10228CVE-2016-10228

gnu / glibc

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.

Scoring

CVSS 5.9 ()
VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS4.11% probability of exploitation · percentile 90.6% · 2026-10-17T12:00:28Z
Last modified2026-10-14
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