CVE-2018-20712

Summary

CVECVE-2018-20712
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-01-15 00:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

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
support.f5.com/csp/article/K38336243 CONFIRM support.f5.com Third Party Advisory
GNU Binutils CVE-2018-20712 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
24043 – Heap-buffer-overflow problem in function d_expression_1 in cp-demangle.c, as demonstrated by c++filt MISC sourceware.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
88629 – (CVE-2018-20712) Regression lead to Heap-buffer-overflow problem in function d_expression_1 in cp-demangle.c, as demonstrated by c++filt 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

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500066 Alpine Linux Security Update for binutils
  • 501178 Alpine Linux Security Update for binutils-avr
  • 503745 Alpine Linux Security Update for binutils
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