CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-20657
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-01-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-772
Description
The demangle_template function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1, has a memory leak via a crafted string, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by cxxfilt, a related issue to CVE-2018-12698.
Affected configurations
• gnu binutils 2.31.1
• f5 traffix signaling delivery controller (>= 5.0.0 <= 5.1.0)
• f5 traffix signaling delivery controller 4.4.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106444 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3352 access.redhat.com
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88539 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62602089 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106444 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3352 access.redhat.com
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88539 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62602089 Third Party Advisory