| Name | CVE-2018-12700 |
| Description | A Stack Exhaustion issue was discovered in debug_write_type in debug.c in GNU Binutils 2.30 because of DEBUG_KIND_INDIRECT infinite recursion. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| binutils (PTS) | jessie | 2.25-5+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 2.28-5 | vulnerable | |
| buster | 2.31.1-16 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye | 2.32.51.20190727-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 2.32.51.20190813-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| binutils | source | (unstable) | 2.32.51.20190707-1 | unimportant |
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057
Fixed by: https://gcc.gnu.org/git/?p=gcc.git;a=commit;h=03e51746ed98d9106803f6009ebd71ea670ad3b9
binutils not covered by security support