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CVE-2018-12700

Impact:: Low
Public Date:: 2018-04-11
CWE:: CWE-400

Bugzilla:: 1595437: CVE-2018-12700 binutils: Stack Exhaustion in debug_write_type in debug.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

A Stack Exhaustion issue was discovered in debug_write_type in debug.c in GNU Binutils 2.30 because of DEBUG_KIND_INDIRECT infinite recursion.

Find out more about CVE-2018-12700 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score	3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Low

Affected Packages State

Platform	Package	State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	binutils	Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	binutils	Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	binutils220	Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	binutils	Will not fix

Last Modified 2018-07-12T07:19:27+00:00

CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation