CVE-2016-4492: GNU Libiberty

Medium severity, CVSS 4.4. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the do_type function in cplus-dem.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary.

Affected products

• GNU Libiberty: any version

Published 2017-02-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.