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TI-2016-05262 Aliases CVE-2016-6131GHSA-j4gc-wrx5-3h2g

The demangler in GNU Libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04619 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libiberty:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableGNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libiberty:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-6131
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j4gc-wrx5-3h2g

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2016-02031 Integer overflow in the string_appends function in cplus-dem.c in libiberty allows remote… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2012-03037 Multiple integer overflows in the (1) _objalloc_alloc function in objalloc.c and (2)… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2016-03864 The demangle_template_value_parm and do_hpacc_template_literal functions in cplus-dem.c… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2016-03862 The d_print_comp function in cp-demangle.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2016-03861 Integer overflow in cp-demangle.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2016-03860 Integer overflow in the gnu_special function in libiberty allows remote attackers to… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
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Sources

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