CVE-2016-4491

Updated: 2025-08-20 03:10:08.99768

Description:

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."


Links NIST CIRCL RHEL Ubuntu

Severity

Severity Score
CVSS Version 2.x MEDIUM 4.3
CVSS Version 3.x MEDIUM 5.5

Status

OS name Project name Version Score Severity Status Errata Last updated

Statement

CentOS 6 ELS binutils 2.20 5.5 MEDIUM Ignored 2021-11-02 21:02:48 Ignored due to low severity
CloudLinux 6 ELS binutils 2.20 5.5 MEDIUM Ignored 2021-11-02 21:02:48 Ignored due to low severity
Oracle Linux 6 ELS binutils 2.20 5.5 MEDIUM Ignored 2021-11-02 21:02:48 Ignored due to low severity
Ubuntu 16.04 ELS binutils 2.26 5.5 MEDIUM Released CLSA-2021:1635459139 2021-11-02 21:02:48