Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-12699 (CCN-145317)

Assigned:2018-04-18
Published:2018-04-18
Updated:2019-08-03
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:9.8 Critical (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.6 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
6.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H)
5.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
5.7 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-787
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-12699

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
104540

Source: CCN
Type: BID-104540
GNU Binutils CVE-2018-12699 Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
gnu-binutils-cve201812699-dos(145317)

Source: CCN
Type: GCC Bugzilla – Bug 85454
Multiple memory corruptions in objdump / C++ name demangler

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454

Source: GENTOO
Type: UNKNOWN
GLSA-201908-01

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057

Source: UBUNTU
Type: UNKNOWN
USN-4336-1

Source: CCN
Type: GNU Web site
Binutils

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2018-12699

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2018126990000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-12699 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
    2018-06-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:201812699000
    V
    		CVE-2018-12699 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
    2018-06-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201812699000
    V
    		CVE-2018-12699 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-06-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:2018126990000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-12699 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - low.
    2018-06-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201812699000
    V
    		CVE-2018-12699 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2018-06-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2018126990000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-12699 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
    2018-06-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201812699000
    V
    		CVE-2018-12699 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2018-06-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2018126990000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-12699 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
    2018-06-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201812699000
    V
    		CVE-2018-12699 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2018-06-23
    BACK
    gnu binutils 2.30
    canonical ubuntu linux 16.04.4
    gnu binutils 2.30