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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18700
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18700
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
An issue was discovered in cp-demangle.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a stack consumption vulnerability resulting from infinite recursion in the functions d_name(), d_encoding(), and d_local_name() in cp-demangle.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via an ELF file, as demonstrated by nm.
Risk Scores
CVSS v3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | binutils | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:13 | binutils | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | binutils | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:14 | binutils | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Oct 29, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated