NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils package, versions <2.32.51.20190707-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.8% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-BINUTILS-5675742
  • published30 Sept 2018
  • disclosed30 Sept 2018

Introduced: 30 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-17794  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 binutils to version 2.32.51.20190707-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a NULL pointer dereference in work_stuff_copy_to_from when called from iterate_demangle_function.