CVE-2016-4489 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Binutils

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 37.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedFeb 24
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Integer overflow in the gnu_special function in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, related to the "demangling of virtual tables."

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

â–¶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.27.51.20161102-1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-8h34-rg43-xgpw: Integer overflow in the gnu_special function in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a cr↗2022-05-17
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OSV
libiberty vulnerabilities↗2017-07-26
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OSV
valgrind vulnerabilities↗2017-06-21
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OSV
CVE-2016-4489: Integer overflow in the gnu_special function in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a cr↗2017-02-24
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CVEList
CVE-2016-4489: Integer overflow in the gnu_special function in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a cr↗2017-02-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Ubuntu
gdb vulnerabilities↗2017-07-26
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Ubuntu
libiberty vulnerabilities↗2017-07-26
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Ubuntu
Valgrind vulnerabilities↗2017-06-21
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Red Hat
gcc: Invalid write due to integer overflow↗2016-04-01
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💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2226 CVE-2016-4487 CVE-2016-4488 CVE-2016-4489 CVE-2016-4490 CVE-2016-4491 CVE-2016-4492 CVE-2016-4493 mingw-gcc: various flaws [epel-all]↗2016-05-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2226 CVE-2016-4487 CVE-2016-4488 CVE-2016-4489 CVE-2016-4490 CVE-2016-4491 CVE-2016-4492 CVE-2016-4493 msp430-gcc: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-05-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4489 gcc: Invalid write due to integer overflow↗2016-05-05
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