PT-2017-8016 · Gnu+1 · Libiberty+1

Marcel Böhme · Published 2017-02-24 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2016-2226

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libiberty (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow in the string appends function in cplus-dem.c within libiberty. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted executable, which triggers a buffer overflow. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not available. There is no information provided about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

RCE

Integer Overflow

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-2226

DLA-552-1

MGASA-2017-0222

MGASA-2018-0034

MGASA-2018-0046

USN-3337-1

USN-3367-1

USN-3368-1

USN-4336-2

Affected Products

Ubuntu

Libiberty

References · 479

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/42386 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4492 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9744 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4487 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17360 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-00670 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2226 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14130 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17794 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9748 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14940 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17985 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7209 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9751 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19931 · Security Note