CVE-2018-9138
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.010 · 64 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
An issue was discovered in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and 2.30. Stack Exhaustion occurs in the C++ demangling functions provided by libiberty, and there are recursive stack frames: demangle_nested_args, demangle_args, do_arg, and do_type.
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affected products (8)
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references (14)
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- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157353/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4336-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23008cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/GNU-binutils-multiple-vulnerabilities-32082cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.1258/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.1400/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.2483cnnvd
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