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Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting binutils package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-BINUTILS-1939840
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 27 Dec 2018
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Introduced: 27 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20673 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-190 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-122 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The demangle_template function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1, contains an integer overflow vulnerability (for "Create an array for saving the template argument values") that can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, as demonstrated by nm.