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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 consumpti…

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.3%
percentile 89%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.29% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

  • sourceware.org /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23059 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • gcc.gnu.org /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85453 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • bugs.launchpad.net /ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763101 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /4326-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /4336-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred

Sources

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