VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-12699
finish_stab in stabs.c in GNU Binutils 2.30 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an out-of-bounds write of 8 bytes.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 4.53%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
finish_stab in stabs.c in GNU Binutils 2.30 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an out-of-bounds write of 8 bytes. This can occur during execution of objdump.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.53% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- gnu/binutils · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104540Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104540Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.