CVE-2018-20712

N/A
Published: January 15, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:53 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBinutils

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

A heap-based buffer over-read exists in the function d_expression_1 in cp-demangle.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1. A crafted input can cause segmentation faults, leading to denial-of-service, as demonstrated by c++filt.

Affected

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

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (4)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106563
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88629
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24043
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38336243

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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