CVE-2016-6131

HIGH

GNU Libiberty - Denial of Service via Cycle in Mangled Type References

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=71696

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/30/4

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91519

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/30/7

Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-06/msg02030.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0176

EPSS Percentile 82.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Products (1)

gnu/libiberty

Published Feb 07, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026