Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, related to "btypevec."
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-552-1 | binutils security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2016-5474 | Use-after-free vulnerability in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, related to "btypevec." |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3337-1 | Valgrind vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3367-1 | gdb vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3368-1 | libiberty vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4336-2 | GNU binutils vulnerabilities |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.339Z
Reserved: 2016-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2016-4487
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-02-24T20:59:00.407
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2016-4487
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DLA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN