CVE-2021-46195 describes an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in GCC v12.0, specifically within the libiberty/rust-demangle.c component. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.5) allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by causing the system to consume excessive CPU and memory resources, requiring user interaction (UI:R) for exploitation. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gcc:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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