CVE-2018-17985

Description

An issue was discovered in cp-demangle.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a stack consumption problem caused by the cplus_demangle_type function making recursive calls to itself in certain scenarios involving many 'P' characters.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.24%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87335 third party advisory issue tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-17985?
CVE-2018-17985 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-17985?
To fix CVE-2018-17985, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-17985 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-17985 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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