{"id":"CVE-2018-12699","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-12699","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:13:54.299Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2018-06-23T23:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:38:12.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["gnu/binutils","canonical/ubuntu linux"],"epss":{"score":0.04533,"percentile":0.91509,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104540","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104540","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12699","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}