Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-20712  

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.

Severity Medium

Remote Yes

Type Denial of service

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.

AVG-832 binutils 2.31.1-3 High Vulnerable

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106563
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88629
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24043