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CVE-2018-20657
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-01-02T14:29:00.313 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:53:16.527

Summary

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.

Affected products

gnu — binutils

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