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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-24T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.393Z

Reserved: 2016-05-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4491

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-24T20:59:00.517

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:52:20.240

Link: CVE-2016-4491

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-05-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4491 - Bugzilla