CVE-2018-9138
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.30%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-9138
To remediate CVE-2018-9138, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/binutils—upgrade to 2.32.51.20190707-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-9138 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.32.51.20190707-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |