The C++ symbol demangler routine in cplus-dem.c in libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by a call from the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd).
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-5233 The C++ symbol demangler routine in cplus-dem.c in libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by a call from the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd).
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-09-16T18:34:35.448Z

Reserved: 2017-08-28T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2017-13716

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-08-28T21:29:00.293

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-13716

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-08-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-13716 - Bugzilla

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