CVE-2016-6131

Impact

The demangler in GNU Libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, stack overflow, and crash) via a cycle in the references of remembered mangled types.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/30/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/30/7
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91519
• https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=71696
• https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-06/msg02030.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/30/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/30/7
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91519
• https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=71696
• https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-06/msg02030.html