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).
Priority
CVSS 3 base score: 5.5
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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binutils Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
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Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) |
Deferred
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Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Deferred
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Deferred
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Deferred
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Deferred
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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Deferred
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libiberty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Deferred
(2021-02-26)
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Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) |
Deferred
(2021-02-26)
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Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Deferred
(2021-02-26)
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Deferred
(2021-02-26)
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Deferred
(2021-02-26)
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Deferred
(2021-02-26)
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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was deferred [2021-02-26])
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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 2020-10-19 |