Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting binutils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-BINUTILS-404019
  • published24 Feb 2017
  • disclosed24 Feb 2017

Introduced: 24 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-4489  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 binutils.

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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow in the gnu_special function in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, related to the "demangling of virtual tables."