CVE-2016-4491
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
The d_print_comp function in cp-demangle.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, which triggers infinite recursion and a buffer overflow, related to a node having "itself as ancestor more than once."
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.28-3 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.28-3 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.28-3 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.28-3 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.28-3 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | libiberty | | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4491.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90016
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70909
- https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-05/msg00105.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4491
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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