High severity7.5OSV Advisory· Published Jun 23, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-12698

Description

demangle_template in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows attackers to trigger excessive memory consumption (aka OOM) during the "Create an array for saving the template argument values" XNEWVEC call. This can occur during execution of objdump.

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Affected products

GNU/BinutilsOSV2 versions
binutils-2_30, gdb-4_18-branchpoint, gdb-7.10-branchpoint, …+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: binutils-2_30, gdb-4_18-branchpoint, gdb-7.10-branchpoint, …
- (no CPE)range: = 2.30
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References

bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/104539nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/nvd

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