ubuntu-cve-2021-32256
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-07-18 14:15
Modified
2026-05-20 14:53
Summary
Details

An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.36. It is a stack-overflow issue in demangle_type in rust-demangle.c.

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.36. It is a stack-overflow issue in demangle_type in rust-demangle.c.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32256",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:53:20Z",
  "published": "2023-07-18T14:15:00Z",
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    }
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2021-32256"
  ]
}



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