CVE-2017-13716

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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).

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 28, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-13716: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix