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Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions *

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.35% (72nd percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-BINUTILS-403831
  • published 24 Feb 2017
  • disclosed 24 Feb 2017
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Introduced: 24 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-4491 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 binutils.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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."