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.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnu | Binutils | 2.31 |
References
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87335Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87335Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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