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Vulnerability · CVE-2018-18700

An issue was discovered in cp-demangle.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.

Published Oct 29, 2018 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2026 · An issue was discovered

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2018-18700. EPSS is 1.69%. Act only if a listed version of An issue was discovered is installed.

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  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (An issue was discovered).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium5.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.69%
Remediation
Not established
Affected products
cpe gnu/binutils

An issue was discovered in cp-demangle.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a stack consumption vulnerability resulting from infinite recursion in the functions d_name(), d_encoding(), and d_local_name() in cp-demangle.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via an ELF file, as demonstrated by nm.

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  • cpe gnu/binutils2.31

How to fix CVE-2018-18700

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2018-18700. EPSS is 1.69%. Act only if a listed version of An issue was discovered is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with 2.31. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-835: Infinite Loop. EPSS 1.69%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 29, 2018 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    An issue was discovered in cp-demangle.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a stack consumption vulnerability resulting from infinite recursion in the functions d_name(), d_encoding(), and d_local_name() in cp-demangle.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via an ELF file, as demonstrated by nm.

  2. Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    An issue was discovered in cp-demangle.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a stack consumption vulnerability resulting from infinite recursion in the functions d_name(), d_encoding(), and d_local_name() in cp-demangle.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via an ELF file, as demonstrated by nm.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2018-18700

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2018-18700

    30-day exploitation probability 1.7%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2018-18700

    An issue was discovered in cp-demangle.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a stack consumption vulnerability resulting from infinite recursion in the functions d_name(), d_encoding(), and d_local_name() in cp-demangle.c. Remote attackers could levera

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 16, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.