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."

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
binutils	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	15.10 wily	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
binutils-h8300-hms	24.04 LTS noble	Vulnerable
	23.10 mantic	Ignored
	23.04 lunar	Ignored
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored
	22.04 LTS jammy	Vulnerable
	21.10 impish	Ignored
	21.04 hirsute	Ignored
	20.10 groovy	Ignored
	20.04 LTS focal	Vulnerable
	19.10 eoan	Ignored
	19.04 disco	Ignored
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable
	17.10 artful	Ignored
	17.04 zesty	Ignored
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable
	15.10 wily	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
gcc-arm-none-eabi	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored
	17.04 zesty	Ignored
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable
	15.10 wily	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
gcc-h8300-hms	24.04 LTS noble	Vulnerable
	23.10 mantic	Ignored
	23.04 lunar	Ignored
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored
	22.04 LTS jammy	Vulnerable
	21.10 impish	Ignored
	21.04 hirsute	Ignored
	20.10 groovy	Ignored
	20.04 LTS focal	Vulnerable
	19.10 eoan	Ignored
	19.04 disco	Ignored
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable
	17.10 artful	Ignored
	17.04 zesty	Ignored
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable
	15.10 wily	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
gccxml	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	23.10 mantic	Not in release
	23.04 lunar	Not in release
	22.10 kinetic	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	21.10 impish	Not in release
	21.04 hirsute	Not in release
	20.10 groovy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	19.10 eoan	Not in release
	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable
	15.10 wily	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
gdb	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.5
	15.10 wily	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.3
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
ht	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored
	17.04 zesty	Ignored
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable
	15.10 wily	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
libiberty	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 20160215-1ubuntu0.2
	15.10 wily	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 20131116-1ubuntu0.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
nescc	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	23.10 mantic	Ignored
	23.04 lunar	Ignored
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored
	22.04 LTS jammy	Vulnerable
	21.10 impish	Ignored
	21.04 hirsute	Ignored
	20.10 groovy	Ignored
	20.04 LTS focal	Vulnerable
	19.10 eoan	Ignored
	19.04 disco	Ignored
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable
	17.10 artful	Ignored
	17.04 zesty	Ignored
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable
	15.10 wily	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
sdcc	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable
	17.10 artful	Ignored
	17.04 zesty	Ignored
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable
	15.10 wily	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
valgrind	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1:3.12.0~svn20160714-1ubuntu2.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1:3.11.0-1ubuntu4.2
	15.10 wily	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1:3.10.1-1ubuntu3~14.5
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored

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Notes

mdeslaur

same commit as CVE-2016-4487 same binutils commit as CVE-2016-2226

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
binutils	Upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=fa3fcee7b8c73070306ec358e730d1dfcac246bf
libiberty	Upstream: https://gcc.gnu.org/git/?p=gcc.git;a=commit;h=be3004dc350a820a5b0320b34bd05673ba534058

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3337-1
Valgrind vulnerabilities
21 June 2017

USN-3367-1
gdb vulnerabilities
26 July 2017

USN-3368-1
libiberty vulnerabilities
26 July 2017

USN-4336-2
GNU binutils vulnerabilities
21 July 2021

Cvss 3 Severity Score