Out-of-Bounds The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package gccxml (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published24 Feb 2017
- disclosed24 Feb 2017
Introduced: 24 Feb 2017
CVE-2016-4492 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gccxml package and not the gccxml package as distributed by Ubuntu.
Buffer overflow in the do_type function in cplus-dem.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-4492
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4492
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70926
- https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-05/msg00223.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90014