CVE-2018-20657

NameCVE-2018-20657
DescriptionThe demangle_template function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1, has a memory leak via a crafted string, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by cxxfilt, a related issue to CVE-2018-12698.
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Notes

Short-lived, small memleak, not considered a real bug by upstream
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88539

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