Medium severity · published Feb 24, 2017
CVE-2016-4488
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 "ktypevec."
5.5
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libiberty · Gnu
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4488
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4488
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/5
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90025
Issue Tracking
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70481
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