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CVE-2016-4491
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-02-24T20:59:00.517 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:47:39.650

Summary

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."

Affected products

gnu — libiberty

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References

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