CVE-2018-20712
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.25%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-20712
To remediate CVE-2018-20712, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/binutils—upgrade to 2.32-r0 or later
- —no fix listed
Is CVE-2018-20712 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.32-r0
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |