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CVE-2018-17985 Details

Description

An issue was discovered in cp-demangle.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a stack consumption problem caused by the cplus_demangle_type function making recursive calls to itself in certain scenarios involving many 'P' characters.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html CVE
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87335 CVEIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/ CVE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gnu binutils
2.31

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-17985
NVD Published Date:
Oct 4, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-17985 Details - Not Deferred