CVE-2018-20712
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.25%Published: 1/15/2019Modified: 12/3/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2018-20712DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20712
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/binutilsfrom 0, < 2.32-r0
- Debian/binutilsfrom 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |