VulnerabilityModified
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).
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.25%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.25%). 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
- 3.25% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- gnu/binutils
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
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. Refreshed daily.