CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-18483
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-10-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-190
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 configurations
• gnu binutils 2.31
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105689 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87602 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23767 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/ usn.ubuntu.com
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ usn.ubuntu.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105689 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87602 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23767 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/ usn.ubuntu.com
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ usn.ubuntu.com