CVE-2018-20712

medium

Description

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

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38336243

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24043

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88629

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106563

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-01-15

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium