Vulnerability · Published Jul 18, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-32256
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the binutils package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 44.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | binutils | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32256 |
| Debian:13 | binutils | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32256 |
| Debian:14 | binutils | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32256 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libiberty | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32256 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libiberty | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32256 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | libiberty | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32256 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | libiberty | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32256 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | libiberty | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32256 |