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CVE-2018-20712
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-01-15T00:29:00.257 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:53:20.057

Summary

A heap-based buffer over-read exists in the function d_expression_1 in cp-demangle.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1. A crafted input can cause segmentation faults, leading to denial-of-service, as demonstrated by c++filt.

Affected products

gnu — binutils

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