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CVE-2016-4491

gcc: Stack overflow due to infinite recursion in d_print_comp

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

0

CVSS 3.0

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Published · May 2, 2016

Updated · March 2, 2026

Description

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."

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N

CWE not specified