Bug 1487302 (CVE-2017-13716) - CVE-2017-13716 binutils: Memory leak with the C++ symbol demangler routine in libiberty
Summary: CVE-2017-13716 binutils: Memory leak with the C++ symbol demangler routine in...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-13716
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1483603 1483604 1483605
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-08-31 15:07 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:19 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:23:27 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-08-31 15:07:24 UTC
The C++ symbol demangler routine in cplus-dem.c in libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows 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).

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22009

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-08-31 15:08:02 UTC
Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1483604]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1483603]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1483605]


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