Use After Free Affecting binutils package, versions <2.27.51.20161102-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-BINUTILS-5675586
  • published24 Feb 2017
  • disclosed24 Feb 2017

Introduced: 24 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-4488  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 binutils to version 2.27.51.20161102-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, related to "ktypevec."