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Vulnerability details: VCID-msks-vp54-aaar
Vulnerability ID VCID-msks-vp54-aaar
Aliases CVE-2016-4491
Summary The d_print_comp function in cp-demangle.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, which triggers infinite recursion and a buffer overflow, related to a node having "itself as ancestor more than once."
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-4491.html
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rhbs low https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1333371
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4491
cvssv2 4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
generic_textual Low https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-05/msg00105.html
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4491
cvssv3 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4491
generic_textual Low https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3337-1
generic_textual Low https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3367-1
generic_textual Low https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3368-1
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generic_textual Low https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3337-1
generic_textual Low https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3367-1
generic_textual Low https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3368-1
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-4491.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-4491.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4491
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4491
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70909
https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-05/msg00105.html
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3337-1
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3367-1
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3368-1
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3337-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3367-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3368-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90016
1333371 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1333371
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libiberty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libiberty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-4491 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4491
USN-3337-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3337-1/
USN-3367-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3367-1/
USN-3368-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3368-1/
USN-4336-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-4491.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4491
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4491
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.44798
EPSS Score 0.00243
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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