Name | CVE-2018-18483 |
Description | The get_count function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (malloc called with the result of an integer-overflowing calculation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by c++filt. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
binutils (PTS) | jessie | 2.25-5+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
stretch | 2.28-5 | vulnerable | |
buster | 2.31.1-16 | vulnerable | |
bullseye | 2.35.2-2 | vulnerable | |
bookworm | 2.40-2 | vulnerable | |
sid, trixie | 2.42-4 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
binutils | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant |
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23767
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87602
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83472
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=79111
binutils not covered by security support
[wheezy] - binutils <ignored> (Minor issue)