CVE-2018-18701

An issue was discovered in cp-demangle.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a stack consumption vulnerability resulting from infinite recursion in the functions next_is_type_qual() and cplus_demangle_type() in cp-demangle.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via an ELF file, as demonstrated by nm.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:56

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87675 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory () https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87675 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/ - () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/ -
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ - () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ -

Information

Published : 2018-10-29 12:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:56


NVD link : CVE-2018-18701

Mitre link : CVE-2018-18701

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-18701


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Products Affected

gnu

  • binutils
CWE
CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')