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Debian: CVE-2016-4488: binutils, ht, libiberty -- security update

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Jul 18, 2016

Added

Mar 31, 2017

Modified

Mar 30, 2026

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."

Solutions

debian-upgrade-binutilsdebian-upgrade-htdebian-upgrade-libiberty

References

CVE-2016-4488
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-4488
CWE-416
DEBIAN-DLA-552-1
EUVD-EUVD-2016-5475
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-5475

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