| 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, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, 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 | 2.40-2 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2.41.50.20231206-1 | 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