THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-6131
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-6131

Libiberty vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
4.6%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Gnu
Affected product
Libiberty
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2017-02-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-6131

  • Confirm whether Gnu Libiberty is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-6131.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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