CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-6131

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to disrupt service, potentially leading to system downtime.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to the latest version of GNU Libiberty to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor the system for unauthorized access attempts.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS