CVE-2016-10228

MediumCVSS 5.9/10Last modified Oct 14, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.9/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a
Siemens	SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP	>= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5
Siemens	SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP	>= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5
Siemens	SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP	>= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5
Siemens	SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP	>= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5
Siemens	SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP	>= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5

References

Timeline

Published: Mar 2, 2017
Last modified: Oct 14, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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