| Name | CVE-2018-12934 |
| Description | remember_Ktype in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows attackers to trigger excessive memory consumption (aka OOM). This can occur during execution of cxxfilt. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| binutils (PTS) | bullseye | 2.35.2-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.40-2 | fixed |
| trixie | 2.44-3 | fixed |
| forky, sid | 2.45-7 | 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 | | |
Notes
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85453
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=84950
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23059
binutils not covered by security support
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=1910070b298052d7ca8e4024891465824588c1e9 (binutils-2_32)