CVE-2018-12934
remember_Ktype in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows attackers to trigger excessive memory consumption (aka OOM).
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
remember_Ktype in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows attackers to trigger excessive memory consumption (aka OOM). This can occur during execution of cxxfilt.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.29% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- gnu/binutils
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763101Issue Tracking
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85453Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23059Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763101Issue Tracking
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85453Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23059Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.