demangle_template in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows attackers to trigger excessive memory consumption (aka OOM) during the "Create an array for saving the template argument values" XNEWVEC call. This can occur during execution of objdump.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-4651 demangle_template in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows attackers to trigger excessive memory consumption (aka OOM) during the "Create an array for saving the template argument values" XNEWVEC call. This can occur during execution of objdump.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4326-1 libiberty vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4336-1 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4336-2 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T08:45:02.191Z

Reserved: 2018-06-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-12698

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-23T23:29:00.283

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:45:41.937

Link: CVE-2018-12698

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-04-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-12698 - Bugzilla

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