| Name | CVE-2018-9996 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30. Stack Exhaustion occurs in the C++ demangling functions provided by libiberty, and there are recursive stack frames: demangle_template_value_parm, demangle_integral_value, and demangle_expression. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| binutils (PTS) | buster | 2.31.1-16 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2.35.2-2 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm | 2.40-2 | vulnerable | |
| sid, trixie | 2.41.50.20231202-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| binutils | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant |
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85304
binutils not covered by security support