Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting binutils package, versions <2.37.90.20220207-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.8% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-BINUTILS-17992922
  • published16 Jul 2026
  • disclosed14 Jan 2022

Introduced: 14 Jan 2022

CVE-2021-46195  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest binutils to version 2.37.90.20220207-1 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

GCC v12.0 was discovered to contain an uncontrolled recursion via the component libiberty/rust-demangle.c. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by consuming excessive CPU and memory resources.

CVSS Base Scores

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