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CVE-2017-13716
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-08-28T21:29:00.293 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:05:02.533

Summary

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).

Affected products

gnu — binutils

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