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CVE-2016-4491

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CVE-2016-4491 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the d_print_comp function of GNU libiberty, affecting systems processing crafted binaries. This flaw can lead to a segmentation fault and crash due to infinite recursion and a buffer overflow. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and user interaction to trigger, resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libiberty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0178 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (22)

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: binutils
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: binutils220
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: compat-gcc-295
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: compat-gcc-296
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: compat-gcc-32
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: compat-gcc-34
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gcc
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gcc44
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gdb
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: binutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: compat-gcc-295
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: compat-gcc-296
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: compat-gcc-32
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: compat-gcc-34
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: gcc
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: gdb
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: binutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: compat-gcc-32
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: compat-gcc-34
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: compat-gcc-44
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gcc
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gdb

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-4491Low

gcc: Stack overflow due to infinite recursion in d_print_comp

May 2, 2016

References

gcc.gnu.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
gcc.gnu.org / ml/gcc-patches/2016-05/msg00105.html
PatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/5
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/90016