CVE-2018-18484

MEDIUM

GNU libiberty <2.31 - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in cp-demangle.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. Stack Exhaustion occurs in the C++ demangling functions provided by libiberty, and there is a stack consumption problem caused by recursive stack frames: cplus_demangle_type, d_bare_function_type, d_function_type.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105693
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87636
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 38.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-674
Status published
Products (1)
gnu/binutils 2.31
Published Oct 18, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026