7.5

CVE-2018-12934: gnu binutils

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-12934DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12934
Published 28-06-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-12934 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 3.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.29%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3
USN-4326-1USN-4336-1USN-4336-2

Timeline

  1. 28-06-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.04 pp

From 3.25% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (sourceware.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (gcc.gnu.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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
Debian1 product
  • binutils< 2.32.51.20190707-1
Gnu1 product

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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