Heap-based Buffer Overflow in finish_stab() Function in GNU Binutils 2.30

CVE-2018-12699 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

finish_stab in stabs.c in GNU Binutils 2.30 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an out-of-bounds write of 8 bytes. This can occur during execution of objdump.

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