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CVE-2018-18483
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-10-18T21:29:02.800 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:47:22.473

Summary

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.

Affected products

gnu — binutils

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