Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libiberty package, versions <20161011-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.82% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-LIBIBERTY-11748220
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed24 Feb 2017

Introduced: 24 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-4490  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 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:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow in cp-demangle.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, related to inconsistent use of the long and int types for lengths.