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CVE-2016-6131

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.

Published

2017-02-07T15:59:00.367

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	libiberty	-	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/30/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/30/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91519 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=71696 Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-06/msg02030.html Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/30/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/30/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91519 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=71696 Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-06/msg02030.html Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)