CVE-2016-6131
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.8%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-6131
To remediate CVE-2016-6131, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/binutils—upgrade to 2.27.51.20161102-1 or later
- Debian/ht—upgrade to 2.1.0+repack1-2 or later
- —upgrade to 20161017-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-6131 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.27.51.20161102-1
- from 0, < 2.1.0+repack1-2
- from 0, < 20161017-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |