VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-13716

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-08-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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).

Weakness classification

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Primary references