CVE-2018-9996: gnu binutils Uncontrolled Recursion
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-9996 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 1.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Timeline
- 10-04-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An issue was discovered in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30. Stack Exhaustion occurs in the C++ demangling functions provided by libiberty, and there are recursive stack frames: demangle_template_value_parm, demangle_integral_value, and demangle_expression.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.26%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
69%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
-0.02 pp
From 1.29% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (gcc.gnu.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- binutilsAll versions (No fix recorded)
Gnu1 product
- binutils2.30
2 vendors · 2 products
