#VU69349 Uncontrolled Recursion in Gnu Compiler Collection - CVE-2021-46195
Published: November 15, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU69349
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-46195
CWE-ID: CWE-674
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Gnu Compiler Collection
Gnu Compiler Collection
Software vendor:
GNU
GNU
Description
The vulnerability allows an attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion in the libiberty/rust-demangle.c component. An attacker with ability to pass specially crafted input to the GCC application can consume excessive CPU and memory resources and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.