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CVE-2016-6131

high

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

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

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-07

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01864