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
- Gnu Binutils — versions 2.30
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 16.04.4
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
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.