CVE-2018-20673

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20673
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-20673.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-20673
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Downstream
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Published
2019-01-04T18:29:00.210Z
Modified
2026-04-14T18:48:38.313591648Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The 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.

References

Affected packages

Git / sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
0860693812fff944ab0602e72b762a4a2078da5b
Database specific 
{
    "source": "CPE_FIELD",
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.31.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.31.1"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
binutils-2_31
binutils-2_31_1
gdb-4_18-branchpoint
gdb_5_2-branchpoint
gdb_5_3-branchpoint
gdb_6_0-branchpoint
gdb_6_1-branchpoint
gdb_6_2-branchpoint
gdb_6_3-branchpoint
gdb_6_4-branchpoint
gdb_6_5-branchpoint
gdb_6_6-branchpoint
gdb_6_7-branchpoint
gdb_6_8-branchpoint
gdb_7_0-branchpoint
gdb_7_1-branchpoint
gdb_7_2-branchpoint
gdb_7_3-branchpoint
gdb_7_4-branchpoint
gdb_7_5-branchpoint
gdb_7_6-branchpoint
users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2016q4
users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2017q4
users/ARM/embedded-gdb-master-2017q4
gdb-7.*
gdb-7.10-branchpoint
gdb-7.11-branchpoint
gdb-7.12-branchpoint
gdb-7.7-branchpoint
gdb-7.8-branchpoint
gdb-7.9-branchpoint
gdb-8.*
gdb-8.0-branchpoint
gdb-8.1-branchpoint

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-20673.json"