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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20673

The demangle_template function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1, contains an integer overflow vulnerability (for...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

The demangle_template function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1, contains an integer overflow vulnerability (for "Create an array for saving the template argument values") that can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, as demonstrated by nm.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 binutils

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Debian:13 binutils

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:14 binutils

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org