CVE-2018-12698: canonical ubuntu_linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-12698 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 6.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3Timeline
- 23-06-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
demangle_template in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows attackers to trigger excessive memory consumption (aka OOM) during the "Create an array for saving the template argument values" XNEWVEC call. This can occur during execution of objdump.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
6.43%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
-0.18 pp
From 6.61% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (bugs.launchpad.net)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (sourceware.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (gcc.gnu.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Ubuntu2 products
- binutilsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1 | < 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3
- libiberty< 20160215-1ubuntu0.3 | < 20170913-1ubuntu0.1
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL16.04.4
Debian1 product
- binutils< 2.32.51.20190707-1
Gnu1 product
- binutils2.30
4 vendors · 5 products
References
13 links- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057X Refsource MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
