CVE-2021-46195

Exp

GCC v12.0 was discovered to contain an uncontrolled recursion via the component libiberty/rust-demangle.c. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by consuming excessive CPU and memory resources.

Published: 2022-01-14 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2021-46195 is rated Exploit Available (55.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.78%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2021-46195

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-46195

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.23% 0.78% +0.55%
2 2026-05-24 0.27% 0.23% -0.04%
3 2026-04-14 — 0.27% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-46195

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2021-46195

OS Trackers for CVE-2021-46195

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2021-46195 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (binutils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46195
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-46195
suse low CVE-2021-46195 severity low: SUSE including 402 source package names (0.23.1-12.3:binutils-2.39-150100.7.40.1, 0.23.1-12.3:libctf-nobfd0-2.39-150100.7.40.1, …), 1363 product×package rows across 304 product lines (Container bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel, Container bci/gcc, … (304 product lines)): Fixed 1086, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 46. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-46195/
ubuntu low CVE-2021-46195 low priority: Ubuntu including 48 source packages (gcc-10, gcc-11, …), 714 status rows across 15 suites (bionic, focal, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 447, not-affected 205, ignored 57, needed 3, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-46195

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-46195

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu gcc 12.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gcc:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2021-46195

URL Tags
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=103841 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
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