Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting binutils-gold package, versions <2.44-2+e1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.4% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-BINUTILSGOLD-17982346
  • published15 Jul 2026
  • disclosed28 Aug 2017

Introduced: 28 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-13716  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest binutils-gold to version 2.44-2+e1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils-gold package and not the binutils-gold package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

The C++ symbol demangler routine in cplus-dem.c in libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by a call from the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd).