CVE-2018-18483

Summary

CVECVE-2018-18483
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-18 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-31 01:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Binutils 2.31 All All All
Application Gnu Binutils 2.31 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-4326-1: libiberty vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-4336-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2415-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
23767 – Integer Overflow in cplus-dem.c in c++filt in bintuils which leads to Undefined-behavior(OOM in this POC) MISC sourceware.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2432-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
87602 – Integer Overflow in cplus-dem.c in c++filt in bintuils which leads to Undefined-behavior(OOM in this POC) MISC gcc.gnu.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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