Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions <2.33


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.68% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-BINUTILS-17992894
  • published16 Jul 2026
  • disclosed15 Jan 2019

Introduced: 15 Jan 2019

CVE-2018-20712  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest binutils to version 2.33 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

A heap-based buffer over-read exists in the function d_expression_1 in cp-demangle.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1. A crafted input can cause segmentation faults, leading to denial-of-service, as demonstrated by c++filt.