High severity · published Jun 23, 2018
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…
7.5
CVSS
6.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.4% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BI
Binutils · Gnu
2.30 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
16.04.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12698
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12698
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104539
Exploit
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102
Exploit
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
Exploit
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/
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