Bug 1595437 (CVE-2018-12700) - CVE-2018-12700 binutils: Stack Exhaustion in debug_write_type in debug.c
Summary: CVE-2018-12700 binutils: Stack Exhaustion in debug_write_type in debug.c
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2018-12700
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: 1595439 1595440 1595441 1595442 1600273 1600275
Blocks: 1595443
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Reported: 2018-06-26 21:58 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:42 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:30:30 UTC
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-06-26 21:58:36 UTC 
A flaw was found in GNU Binutils 2.30. A Stack Exhaustion issue was discovered in debug_write_type in debug.c because of DEBUG_KIND_INDIRECT infinite recursion.


References:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102 	
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454 	
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-06-26 21:59:41 UTC 
Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1595440]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1595439]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1595442]
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