CVE-2018-17985
GNU Binutils Recursive Stack Consumption Vulnerability
Description
An issue was discovered in cp-demangle.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a stack consumption problem caused by the cplus_demangle_type function making recursive calls to itself in certain scenarios involving many 'P' characters.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 4, 2018, 11:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 31, 2019, 1:15 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2018-17985 has a 9 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.
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-2018-17985.
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).
None
asp-net-core csharp docker dockerfile javascript react webapi docker-compose
C# Dockerfile HTML JavaScript CSS
None
Dockerfile Shell
Map Vulnerabilities into Different Layers of the Container Image
Python
[ICSE2020] MemLock DataSet
fuzzing
Makefile M4 C Objective-C DIGITAL Command Language sed Shell C++ Perl Lex
None
Makefile Python Shell CMake JavaScript HTML CSS C++ C Java
[ICSE2020] MemLock DataSet
fuzzing
Makefile Python Shell CMake JavaScript HTML CSS C++ C Java
[ICSE2020] MemLock: Memory Usage Guided Fuzzing
Dockerfile Shell JavaScript C Makefile C++ PLpgSQL HTML Rich Text Format
MemLock_Benchmark: The vulnerability related to Excessive Memory Consumption, which can test the ability of fuzzer for generating inputs that consume lost of memory.
Makefile Python Shell CMake JavaScript HTML CSS C++ C Java
ExMem_Benchmark: The vulnerability related to Excessive Memory Consumption, which can test the ability of fuzzer for generating inputs that consume lost of memory.
Makefile Python Shell CMake JavaScript HTML CSS C++ C Java
Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2018-17985 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2018-17985 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.
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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]
Apr. 21, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 05, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 31, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 27, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87335 No Types Assigned https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87335 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-400 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-17985 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-2018-17985
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.20 }} 0.08%
score
0.57911
percentile