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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2017-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-14T06:30:10.279Z
Reserved: 2017-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2016-10228
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-03-02T01:59:00.143
Modified: 2026-10-14T07:16:37.020
Link: CVE-2016-10228