CVE-2018-9996

low-risk

Published 2018-04-10

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.

Do I need to act?

0.39% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 5.5/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Binutils

Affected Vendors

Gnu

References (4)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103733

Exploit https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85304

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103733

Exploit https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85304

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low-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal