Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libiberty package, versions <20161011-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.67% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-LIBIBERTY-5684623
  • published24 Feb 2017
  • disclosed24 Feb 2017

Introduced: 24 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-4493  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 libiberty to version 20161011-1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

The demangle_template_value_parm and do_hpacc_template_literal functions in cplus-dem.c in libiberty allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted binary.