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CVE-2018-17985

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CVE-2018-17985 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 1.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Metrics

EPSS Probability
1.30%

66.7th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersions
GnuBinutils2.31

References

Timeline

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Last Modified
Status
Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2018-17985?
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.
How severe is CVE-2018-17985?
Severity scoring for CVE-2018-17985 is pending analysis. The EPSS model estimates a 1.30% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2018-17985?
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Source: NVD / NIST