CVE-2018-9138 — MEDIUM (5.5)

Vulnerability Description

An issue was discovered in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and 2.30. Stack Exhaustion occurs in the C++ demangling functions provided by libiberty, and there are recursive stack frames: demangle_nested_args, demangle_args, do_arg, and do_type.

CVSS Score

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Gnu	Binutils	2.29

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-674

References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23008Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23008Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/

FAQ

What is CVE-2018-9138?

CVE-2018-9138 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). An issue was discovered in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and 2.30. Stack Exhaustion occurs in the C++ demangling functions provided by libiberty, and there are recu...

How severe is CVE-2018-9138?

CVE-2018-9138 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 5.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2018-9138?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Gnu Binutils.