CVE-2016-4487 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted binary due to a use-after-free flaw in the libiberty library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-4487?
CVE-2016-4487 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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 "btypevec."
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-4487?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnu Libiberty.
How do I fix CVE-2016-4487?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2016-4487 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4487 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4487, GHSA-9crj-f8m2-wrgj, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4487.