Bug 1566788 (CVE-2018-9996) - CVE-2018-9996 binutils: Stack-overflow in libiberty/cplus-dem.c causes crash
Summary: CVE-2018-9996 binutils: Stack-overflow in libiberty/cplus-dem.c causes crash
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2018-9996
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1564294 1566789 1566790 1566791 1566792
Blocks: 1564296
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Reported: 2018-04-13 01:52 UTC by Sam Fowler
Modified: 2021-02-17 00:30 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-05-17 22:47:08 UTC
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Description Sam Fowler 2018-04-13 01:52:43 UTC 
GNU Binutils through version 2.30 is vulnerable to a stack-overflow in the libiberty/cplus-dem.c demangling functions demangle_template_value_parm, demangle_integral_value, and demangle_expression. An attacker could exploit this to cause a crash via a crafted file.


Upstream Bug:

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85304
Comment 1 Sam Fowler 2018-04-13 01:53:16 UTC 
Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1566792]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1566790]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1566789]
Comment 4 Pedro Yóssis Silva Barbosa 2018-05-17 22:47:08 UTC 
Tested in RHEL 7 and 6 but c++filt didn't crash with the provided PoC. It may be because without sanitizer it is necessary less stack per recursion level. In any case, as stated by upstream, it seems that all is working as designed and isn't a bug.
Comment 5 Doran Moppert 2020-02-11 00:30:31 UTC 
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Red Hat Product Security determined that this flaw was not a security vulnerability. See the Bugzilla link for more details.
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