High severity7.5OSV Advisory· Published Jun 28, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-12934

Description

remember_Ktype in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows attackers to trigger excessive memory consumption (aka OOM). This can occur during execution of cxxfilt.

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Affected products

GNU/BinutilsOSV3 versions
binutils-2_30, gdb-4_18-branchpoint, gdb-7.10-branchpoint, …+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: binutils-2_30, gdb-4_18-branchpoint, gdb-7.10-branchpoint, …
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <= 2.30

Patches

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References

gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763101nvdIssue Tracking
usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/nvd

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