CVE-2018-12698

Exp

demangle_template in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows attackers to trigger excessive memory consumption (aka OOM) during the "Create an array for saving the template argument values" XNEWVEC call. This can occur during execution of objdump.

Published: 2018-06-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-12698 is rated High Exploit Risk (79/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.69%, 93th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.44% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-12698

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-12698

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-24 5.25% 6.69% +1.44%
2 2026-06-15 2.04% 5.25% +3.21%
3 2026-04-21 — 2.04% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-12698

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-12698

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-12698

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2018-12698 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (binutils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12698
gentoo normal CVE-2018-12698: 1 GLSA(s) (201908-01), 1 atom(s) (sys-devel/binutils); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2018-12698
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12698
suse low — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12698/
ubuntu low CVE-2018-12698 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (binutils, libiberty), 40 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 27, released 6, ignored 5, DNE 1, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12698

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-12698

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu binutils 2.30 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04.4 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-12698

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