vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2018-20712)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jan 15, 2019 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 15, 2019
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
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.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2018-20712
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-20712
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106563
- URL-https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88629
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201906-3
- URL-https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24043
- URL-https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38336243
- URL-https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106142
- URL-https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106144
- CWE-125
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