Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting binutils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-BINUTILS-1292160
  • published13 May 2021
  • disclosed2 Jun 2021

Introduced: 13 May 2021

CVE-2021-3530  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was discovered in GNU libiberty within demangle_path() in rust-demangle.c, as distributed in GNU Binutils version 2.36. A crafted symbol can cause stack memory to be exhausted leading to a crash.

CVSS Scores

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