CVE-2017-13716 Information

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).

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22009

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5