CVE-2018-20673

Summary

CVECVE-2018-20673
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-01-04 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionThe demangle_template function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1, contains an integer overflow vulnerability (for "Create an array for saving the template argument values") that can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, as demonstrated by nm.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787 | CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Binutils 2.31.1 All All All
Application Gnu Binutils 2.31.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
24039 – integer overflow in libiberty, heap overflow will be triggered MISC sourceware.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
GNU libiberty CVE-2018-20673 Integer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159503 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for gcc (ELSA-2021-4386)
  • 239788 Red Hat Update for gcc (RHSA-2021:4386)
  • 940340 AlmaLinux Security Update for gcc (ALSA-2021:4386)
  • 960699 Rocky Linux Security Update for gcc (RLSA-2021:4386)
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