CVE-2016-6131
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
The demangler in GNU Libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, stack overflow, and crash) via a cycle in the references of remembered mangled types.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
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 | 2.27.51.20161102-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.27.51.20161102-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.27.51.20161102-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.27.51.20161102-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.27.51.20161102-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | libiberty | - | |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/30/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/30/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91519
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=71696
- https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-06/msg02030.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6131.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6131
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.