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CVE-2018-9138

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CVE-2018-9138 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 1.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Metrics

EPSS Probability
1.07%

60.7th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersions
GnuBinutils2.29
GnuBinutils2.30

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Timeline

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Last Modified
Status
Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2018-9138?
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.
How severe is CVE-2018-9138?
Severity scoring for CVE-2018-9138 is pending analysis. The EPSS model estimates a 1.07% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2018-9138?
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Source: NVD / NIST