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01 Record

CVE-2016-4492

Buffer overflow in the do_type function in cplus-dem.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

Buffer overflow in the do_type function in cplus-dem.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 79.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
4.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2017-02-24 20:00Z9 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-06 00:32Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2016-05-05
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
  • CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
458d10b83bc9574abe2e62d4fe9d71019c02265e6412524223116448729fcfd5

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
gnulibibertyNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • binutils
    Fixed in 2.27.51.20161102-1
  • ht
    Fixed in 2.1.0+repack1-1
  • libiberty
    Fixed in 20161011-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • binutils
    Fixed in 2.27.51.20161102-1
  • ht
    Fixed in 2.1.0+repack1-1
  • libiberty
    Fixed in 20161011-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • binutils
    Fixed in 2.27.51.20161102-1
  • ht
    Fixed in 2.1.0+repack1-1
  • libiberty
    Fixed in 20161011-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

  • gdb
    Fixed in 7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.3
  • libiberty
    Fixed in 20131116-1ubuntu0.2
  • valgrind
    Fixed in 1:3.10.1-1ubuntu3~14.5

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • binutils-h8300-hms
    No fix yet
  • gcc-arm-none-eabi
    No fix yet
  • gcc-h8300-hms
    No fix yet
  • gccxml
    No fix yet
  • gdb
    Fixed in 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.5
  • ht
    No fix yet
  • libiberty
    Fixed in 20160215-1ubuntu0.2
  • nescc
    No fix yet
  • sdcc
    No fix yet
  • valgrind
    Fixed in 1:3.11.0-1ubuntu4.2

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • binutils-h8300-hms
    No fix yet
  • gcc-arm-none-eabi
    No fix yet
  • gcc-h8300-hms
    No fix yet
  • nescc
    No fix yet
  • sdcc
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

  • binutils-h8300-hms
    No fix yet
  • gcc-h8300-hms
    No fix yet
  • nescc
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

  • binutils-h8300-hms
    No fix yet
  • gcc-h8300-hms
    No fix yet
  • nescc
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

  • binutils-h8300-hms
    No fix yet
  • gcc-h8300-hms
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 25.10

  • binutils-h8300-hms
    No fix yet
  • gcc-h8300-hms
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

  • binutils-h8300-hms
    No fix yet
  • gcc-h8300-hms
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 26.10

  • binutils-h8300-hms
    No fix yet
  • gcc-h8300-hms
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS

  • binutils
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS

  • binutils
    Fixed in 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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