CVE-2016-6131
N/A
Published: February 7, 2017 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibiberty
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/30/4Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/30/7VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91519x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=71696Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-06/msg02030.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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