CVE-2018-12699: canonical ubuntu_linux Out-of-bounds Write
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-12699 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 4.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2Timeline
- 23-06-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
4.53%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
91%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 4.53% 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 causeAffected systems
Redhat4 products
- binutils< 0:2.30-125.el8_10
- binutils-debuginfo< 0:2.30-125.el8_10
- binutils-debugsource< 0:2.30-125.el8_10
- binutils-devel< 0:2.30-125.el8_10
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL16.04.4
Debian1 product
- binutils< 2.32.51.20190707-1
Gnu1 product
- binutils2.30
Ubuntu1 product
- binutilsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1 | < 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3
5 vendors · 8 products
References
17 links- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057X Refsource MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
