Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting binutils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.4% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-BINUTILS-1997571
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed17 Jan 2017

Introduced: 17 Jan 2017

CVE-2018-18483  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 binutils.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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