| Name | CVE-2016-4488 |
| 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 "ktypevec." |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-552-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 840358, 840360 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| binutils (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.25-5+deb8u2 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.28-5+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 2.31.1-16+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.35.2-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.40-2 | fixed |
| trixie | 2.43.50.20241215-1 | fixed |
| sid | 2.43.50.20241221-1 | fixed |
| ht (PTS) | jessie | 2.0.22-2 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 2.1.0+repack1-2 | fixed |
| buster | 2.1.0+repack1-3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bullseye, bookworm | 2.1.0+repack1-5 | fixed |
| libiberty (PTS) | jessie | 20141014-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 20161220-1 | fixed |
| buster | 20190122-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 20210106-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 20230104-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 20241020-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[jessie] - ht <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - ht <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - binutils <ignored> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - libiberty <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - libiberty <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70481
https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-03/msg01687.html