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CVE-2016-4491
Published: Feb 24, 2017
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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."
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References
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70909
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[oss-security] 20160505 Re: CVE Request: No Demangling During Analysis of Untrusted Binaries
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90016
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[gcc-patches] 20160502 Fix for PR70909 in Libiberty Demangler (4)
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