CVE-2016-6131

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Libiberty
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 February 2017

Summary

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.

References

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=71696
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/30/4
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91519
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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