CVE-2018-20657

HIGH

GNU Binutils < 5.1.0 - Resource Leak

Title source: rule

Description

The demangle_template function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1, has a memory leak via a crafted string, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by cxxfilt, a related issue to CVE-2018-12698.

References (4)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106444

[Vendor Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3352

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88539

[Third Party Advisory] https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62602089

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0025

EPSS Percentile 48.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-772

Status published

Affected Products (3)

gnu/binutils

f5/traffix_signaling_delivery_controller < 5.1.0

f5/traffix_signaling_delivery_controller

Timeline

Published Jan 02, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026