CVE-2018-12698

Public Exploit

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.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.0 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.13% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gnu.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102	third party advisory exploit
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057	issue tracking exploit third party advisory
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454	issue tracking exploit vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104539	vdb entry third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01	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-2018-12698?: CVE-2018-12698 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-12698?: To fix CVE-2018-12698, 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-2018-12698 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2018-12698 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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