Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting binutils-gold package, versions <2.44-2+e1
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-BINUTILSGOLD-17982347
- published15 Jul 2026
- disclosed4 Jan 2019
Introduced: 4 Jan 2019
CVE-2018-20673 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Echo:latest binutils-gold to version 2.44-2+e1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils-gold package and not the binutils-gold package as distributed by Echo.
See How to fix? for Echo:latest 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.