CVE-2017-13716

Name	CVE-2017-13716
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).
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
binutils (PTS)	buster	2.31.1-16	vulnerable
	bullseye	2.35.2-2	vulnerable
	bookworm, sid	2.40-2	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
binutils	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant

Notes

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22009
Underlying bug is though in the C++ demangler part of libiberty, but MITRE
has assigned it specifically to the issue as raised within binutils.
binutils not covered by security support