5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2016-4487
GCC libiberty Use-after-free DoS Vulnerability
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."

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 24, 2017, 8:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 28, 2017, 1:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-4487 has a 9 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-4487 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gnu libiberty
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-4487.

URL Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90025
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70481 Issue Tracking

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

source code of paper An Empirical Study on the Distance Metric in Guiding Directed Grey-box Fuzzing (ISSRE24)

Python Shell

Updated: 2 months, 4 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 21, 2024, 3:06 a.m. This repo has been linked 6 different CVEs too.

None

asp-net-core csharp docker dockerfile javascript react webapi docker-compose

C# Dockerfile HTML JavaScript CSS

Updated: 7 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 22, 2024, 6:42 p.m. This repo has been linked 383 different CVEs too.

None

Dockerfile Shell Python

Updated: 5 months, 2 weeks ago
4 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Sept. 18, 2023, 5:24 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Map Vulnerabilities into Different Layers of the Container Image

Python

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 5, 2022, 12:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 1276 different CVEs too.

Fuzzle: Making a Puzzle for Fuzzers (ASE'22)

fuzzing benchmark

SMT Dockerfile Python Shell GDB

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
41 stars 8 fork 8 watcher
Born at : July 21, 2022, 10:28 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Makefile C Shell HTML C++ JavaScript Rich Text Format Python

Updated: 4 months ago
8 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : May 10, 2022, 6:18 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

API integration to present CVE per image in CVS format

Shell

Updated: 3 years, 3 months ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 18, 2021, 2:35 p.m. This repo has been linked 9 different CVEs too.

UAF Fuzzing Benchmark

Shell Makefile C XSLT Roff CSS Perl M4 Objective-C DIGITAL Command Language

Updated: 5 months, 2 weeks ago
54 stars 18 fork 18 watcher
Born at : Aug. 6, 2020, 11:10 a.m. This repo has been linked 10 different CVEs too.

A collection of vulnerabilities discovered by the AFL fuzzer (afl-fuzz)

Updated: 5 months, 2 weeks ago
88 stars 16 fork 16 watcher
Born at : Aug. 27, 2015, 12:26 a.m. This repo has been linked 332 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-4487 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-4487 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 28, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90025 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 27, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70481 No Types Assigned https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70481 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/5 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/5 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
    Added CWE CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libiberty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-4487 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-4487 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.39 }} 0.00%

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0.69604

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