Vulnerability in Gnu Binutils

CVE-2018-12698

demangle_template in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows attackers to trigger excessive memory consumption (aka OOM) during the "Create an array for saving the template argument values" XNEWVEC call. This can occur during execution of objdump.

EPSS: 0.067 (93.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12698?
CVE-2018-12698 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Binutils. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-12698?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-12698 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.