CVE-2016-4491

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4491

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4491.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4491

Related

Published

2017-02-24T20:59:00Z

Modified

2024-06-30T12:00:03Z

Severity

5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

The dprintcomp 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."

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / binutils

Package

Name: binutils
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.28-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / binutils

Package

Name: binutils
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.28-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / binutils

Package

Name: binutils
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.28-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:11 / libiberty

Package

Name: libiberty
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libiberty?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

20170627-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / libiberty

Package

Name: libiberty
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libiberty?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

20170627-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / libiberty

Package

Name: libiberty
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libiberty?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

20170627-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}