High
Security advisory
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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- Affected versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-18483
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- 1 Nov 2026, 04:55 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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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