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."
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
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EUVD |
EUVD-2016-5478 | 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." |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3337-1 | Valgrind vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3367-1 | gdb vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3368-1 | libiberty vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4336-2 | GNU binutils vulnerabilities |
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Solution
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Workaround
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.393Z
Reserved: 2016-05-05T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-4491
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-02-24T20:59:00.517
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2016-4491
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Ubuntu USN