CVE-2018-18483

N/A
Published: October 18, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:47 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBinutils

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

The get_count function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (malloc called with the result of an integer-overflowing calculation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by c++filt.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (7)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105689
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87602
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23767
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190

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