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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-18483

The get_count function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (malloc called with the result of an integer-overflowing calculation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by c++filt.

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CVE-2018-18483

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Oct 2018, 21:29 UTC

The get_count function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (malloc called with the result of an integer-overflowing calculation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by c++filt.

osv:CVE-2018-18483
Complete source record
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        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/",
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