CVE-2017-13716

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils 2.29 - Denial of Service via C++ Symbol Demangler

Title source: llm

Description

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).

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22009

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0024

EPSS Percentile 46.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-770

Status published

Products (1)

gnu/binutils 2.29

Published Aug 28, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026