CVE-2018-20657

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    CVE-2018-20657

    Published: 2 Jan 2019Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The demangle_template function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1, has a memory leak via a crafted string, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by cxxfilt, a related issue to CVE-2018-12698.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106444, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3352, https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62602089, https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88539

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0860693812fff944ab0602e72b762a4a2078da5b
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.31.1

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