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CVE-2018-9996
"GNU Binutils Stack Exhaustion in C++ Demangling Functions"
Description

An issue was discovered in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30. Stack Exhaustion occurs in the C++ demangling functions provided by libiberty, and there are recursive stack frames: demangle_template_value_parm, demangle_integral_value, and demangle_expression.

INFO

Published Date :

April 10, 2018, 10:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-9996 has a 9 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-2018-9996 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 Gnu binutils
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-2018-9996.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103733 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85304 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

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

Dockerfile Go

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 29, 2024, 6:54 p.m. This repo has been linked 78 different CVEs too.

[ICSE2020] MemLock DataSet

fuzzing

Makefile M4 C Objective-C DIGITAL Command Language sed Shell C++ Perl Lex

Updated: 2 years, 11 months ago
2 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Oct. 10, 2020, 2:36 a.m. This repo has been linked 22 different CVEs too.

None

Makefile Python Shell CMake JavaScript HTML CSS C++ C Java

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Oct. 10, 2020, 2:23 a.m. This repo has been linked 40 different CVEs too.

[ICSE2020] MemLock DataSet

fuzzing

Makefile Python Shell CMake JavaScript HTML CSS C++ C Java

Updated: 2 years, 11 months ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Oct. 10, 2020, 2:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 40 different CVEs too.

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

Updated: 1 year, 6 months ago
5 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 30, 2019, 9:16 a.m. This repo has been linked 40 different CVEs too.

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

Updated: 4 years, 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 30, 2019, 2:15 a.m. This repo has been linked 40 different CVEs too.

None

Shell

Updated: 5 years, 2 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 18, 2019, 10:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 124 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 4 years, 6 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 17, 2018, 7:48 p.m. This repo has been linked 494 different CVEs too.

None

Makefile C Shell PLpgSQL HTML C++ JavaScript Roff Awk M4

Updated: 8 months, 2 weeks ago
50 stars 11 fork 11 watcher
Born at : June 14, 2017, 5:39 a.m. This repo has been linked 8 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-9996 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-9996 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
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-399 CWE-399 CWE-674
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 17, 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=85304 No Types Assigned https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85304 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103733 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103733 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-399
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103733 [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-2018-9996 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-2018-9996 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.05 }} 0.00%

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0.15640

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