CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-20712
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-01-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
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 configurations
• gnu binutils 2.31.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106563 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88629 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24043 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38336243 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106563 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88629 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24043 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38336243 Third Party Advisory