Integer-Overflow Vulnerability in get_count Function of GNU libiberty

CVE-2018-18483 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The get_count function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (malloc called with the result of an integer-overflowing calculation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by c++filt.

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