Back
CVE-2018-12698
demangle_template in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows attackers to trigger excessive memory…
High7.5EPSS 6.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
demangle_template in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows attackers to trigger excessive memory consumption (aka OOM) during the "Create an array for saving the template argument values" XNEWVEC call. This can occur during execution of objdump.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.2% · top 6.5% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 104539 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201908-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-4326-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4336-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2018-12698)Record last updated .