CVE-2016-4491

5.5 mediumEPSS 1.8%

Medium (5.5) in gnu libiberty. EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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."

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

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

EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 78% of CVEs (scores of 2026-11-01)
CWE: CWE-119
Published: 2017-02-24
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

gnu:libiberty

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90016
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70909
https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-05/msg00105.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/5

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