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Out-of-bounds Write Affecting binutils package, versions *

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.05% (15th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
5.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-BINUTILS-403872
  • published 4 Jan 2019
  • disclosed 4 Jan 2019
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Introduced: 4 Jan 2019

CVE-2018-20673 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-787 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-190 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.