CVE-2018-18700 describes a stack consumption vulnerability in GNU libiberty, specifically within the cp-demangle.c component of GNU Binutils 2.31. This flaw, caused by infinite recursion in demangling functions, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial-of-service condition through a specially crafted ELF file. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious ELF file) to achieve a high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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