CVE-2017-13716
Published: 28 August 2017
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).
Notes
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | This issue is actually a libiberty issue, but there doesn't appear to be a libiberty bug open for it as of 2021-07-30 |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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binutils Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
bionic |
Deferred
|
|
cosmic |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
disco |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
eoan |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
focal |
Deferred
|
|
groovy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
hirsute |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
impish |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
jammy |
Deferred
|
|
kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was deferred)
|
|
lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was deferred)
|
|
mantic |
Deferred
|
|
trusty |
Deferred
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Deferred
|
|
zesty |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
libiberty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
bionic |
Deferred
|
|
cosmic |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
disco |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
eoan |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
focal |
Deferred
|
|
groovy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
hirsute |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
impish |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
jammy |
Deferred
|
|
kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was deferred)
|
|
lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was deferred)
|
|
mantic |
Deferred
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was deferred [2021-02-26])
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Deferred
(2021-02-26)
|
|
zesty |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 5.5 |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |