CVE-2016-4493: GNU Libiberty

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The demangle_template_value_parm and do_hpacc_template_literal functions in cplus-dem.c in libiberty allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted binary.

Affected products

• GNU Libiberty: any version

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