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 |
|---|---|
| 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
Low
CVSS 3 base score: 5.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
binutils Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
| bionic |
Deferred
|
|
| cosmic |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| disco |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| eoan |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| focal |
Deferred
|
|
| groovy |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| hirsute |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| impish |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| jammy |
Deferred
|
|
| precise |
Ignored
(end of ESM support, was deferred)
|
|
| trusty |
Deferred
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Deferred
|
|
| zesty |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
|
libiberty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
| bionic |
Deferred
|
|
| cosmic |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| disco |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| eoan |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| focal |
Deferred
|
|
| groovy |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| hirsute |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| impish |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| jammy |
Deferred
|
|
| precise |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was deferred [2021-02-26])
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Deferred
(2021-02-26)
|
|
| zesty |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|