CVE-2016-4491 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Binutils

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer14 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 33.15%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedFeb 24
Latest updateMay 17

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."

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

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.28-3+3

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: gcc.gnu.org ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-7r8p-jc9c-3r5f: The d_print_comp function in cp-demangle↗2022-05-17
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OSV
valgrind vulnerabilities↗2017-06-21
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OSV
CVE-2016-4491: The d_print_comp function in cp-demangle↗2017-02-24
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CVEList
CVE-2016-4491: The d_print_comp function in cp-demangle↗2017-02-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

6
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: Stack overflow due to infinite recursion in d_print_comp↗2016-05-02
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💬Community

3
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-2016-4491 gcc: Stack overflow due to infinite recursion in d_print_comp↗2016-05-05
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CVE-2016-4491 — GNU Binutils vulnerability | cvebase