CVE-2018-20712

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20712
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-20712.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-20712
Downstream
Published
2019-01-15T00:29:00Z
Modified
2026-08-28T14:01:25Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A 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.

References

Affected packages

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

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git
Events
Introduced
0860693812fff944ab0602e72b762a4a2078da5b
Last Affected
0860693812fff944ab0602e72b762a4a2078da5b
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.31.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.31.1"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.31.1"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.31.1
Other
binutils-2_31_1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-20712.json"