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CRITICAL
CVE-2018-12699
GNU Binutils Heap Buffer Overflow Finance and Stability
Description

finish_stab in stabs.c in GNU Binutils 2.30 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an out-of-bounds write of 8 bytes. This can occur during execution of objdump.

INFO

Published Date :

June 23, 2018, 11:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 3, 2019, 1:15 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-12699 has a 11 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-12699 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Gnu binutils
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-12699.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104540 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-12699 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-12699 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 29, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 21, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454 No Types Assigned https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104540 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104540 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057 No Types Assigned https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102 No Types Assigned https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 27, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104540 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-12699 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-12699 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.36 }} -0.02%

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0.86203

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