CVE-2018-18483 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Binutils

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound12 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 35.92%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedOct 18
Latest updateMay 13

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:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.32.51.20190707-1+3
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.31

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-92pq-82vg-3v28: The get_count function in cplus-dem↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-18483: The get_count function in cplus-dem↗2018-10-18
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CVEList
CVE-2018-18483: The get_count function in cplus-dem↗2018-10-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2020-04-22
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Ubuntu
libiberty vulnerabilities↗2020-04-08
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Debian
CVE-2018-18483: binutils - The get_count function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Bi...↗2018
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Red Hat
binutils: Integer overflow in cplus-dem.c:get_count() allows for denial of service↗2017-01-17
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-18483 binutils: Integer overflow in cplus-dem.c:get_count() allows for denial of service↗2018-11-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-18483 mingw-binutils: binutils: Integer overflow in cplus-dem.c:get_count() allows for denial of service [epel-all]↗2018-11-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-18483 binutils: Integer overflow in cplus-dem.c:get_count() allows for denial of service [fedora-all]↗2018-11-05
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