Vulnerability Details : CVE-2018-17794
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.
Vulnerability category: Memory Corruption
Products affected by CVE-2018-17794
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-17794
0.28%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 48 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2018-17794
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4.3
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
8.6
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2.9
|
NIST | |
|
6.5
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
2.8
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3.6
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2018-17794
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The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2018-17794
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https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87350
87350 – NULL-Pointer problem in cplus-dem.c when executing program c++filtIssue Tracking;Third Party Advisory
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
USN-4336-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/
USN-4326-1: libiberty vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices
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