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CVE-2016-4492 (GCVE-0-2016-4492)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-24 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:32
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Summary
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.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-05-03 00:00
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