Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.16% (53rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-BINUTILS-1542166
- published 15 Jan 2019
- disclosed 15 Jan 2019
Introduced: 15 Jan 2019
CVE-2018-20712 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:12
binutils
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils
package and not the binutils
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:12
relevant fixed versions and status.
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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20712
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38336243
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20712
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88629
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24043
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106563
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-20712