CVE-2018-12641

Public Exploit

Description

An issue was discovered in arm_pt 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_arm_hp_template, demangle_class_name, demangle_fund_type, do_type, do_arg, demangle_args, and demangle_nested_args. This can occur during execution of nm-new.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.52%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gnu.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23058 issue tracking exploit third party advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763099 third party advisory
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85452 issue tracking vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2075 vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-12641?
CVE-2018-12641 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-12641?
To fix CVE-2018-12641, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-12641 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-12641 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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