CVE-2018-18483 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105689 https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87602 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23767 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8