CVE-2016-6131 — Improper Input Validation in Binutils

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion23 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.8%
top 17.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedFeb 7
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.27.51.20161102-1+3

Patches

Patch: gcc.gnu.org ↗Patch: gcc.gnu.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-j4gc-wrx5-3h2g: 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 refe↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-6131: 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 refe↗2017-02-07
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CVEList
CVE-2016-6131: 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 refe↗2017-02-07
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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,gdb,binutils,libitm: Stack overflow vulnerability in libiberty demangler↗2016-06-29
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💬Community

13
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6131 gcc: gcc,gdb,binutils,libitm: Stack overflow vulnerability in libiberty demangler [fedora-all]↗2016-07-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6131 binutils: gcc,gdb,binutils,libitm: Stack overflow vulnerability in libiberty demangler [fedora-all]↗2016-07-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6131 mingw-binutils: gcc,gdb,binutils,libitm: Stack overflow vulnerability in libiberty demangler [fedora-all]↗2016-07-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6131 mingw-gdb: gcc,gdb,binutils,libitm: Stack overflow vulnerability in libiberty demangler [fedora-all]↗2016-07-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6131 mingw-gcc: gcc,gdb,binutils,libitm: Stack overflow vulnerability in libiberty demangler [epel-all]↗2016-07-01
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