Is CVE-2018-12641 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-12641 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-12641?

CVE-2018-12641 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-12641?

CVE-2018-12641 has an EPSS score of 2.08% (79th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-12641?

Upgrade binutils on ubuntu 16.04 to 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-12641

MEDIUMEPSS 79th pctl

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in arm_pt 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_arm_hp_template, demangle_class_name, demangle_fund_type, do_type, do_arg, demangle_args, and demangle_nested_args. This can occur during execution of nm-new.

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion

How to fix

Remediation Available

binutilsUbuntu

Fixed in:2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1USN-4336-2

Fixed in:2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3USN-4336-1

binutils-multiarchUbuntu

Fixed in:2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1USN-4336-2

Fixed in:2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3USN-4336-1

libibertyUbuntu

Fixed in:20160215-1ubuntu0.3USN-4326-1

Fixed in:20170913-1ubuntu0.1USN-4326-1

libiberty-devUbuntu

Fixed in:20160215-1ubuntu0.3USN-4326-1

Fixed in:20170913-1ubuntu0.1USN-4326-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.08%probability of exploitation in 30 days

79thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 79% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

sourceware.org

Vendor Advisory1

gcc.gnu.org

Third-Party Advisory1

bugs.launchpad.net

Other references4

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-400 (Resource Exhaustion) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-44487	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2011-3192	High	7.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11478	Medium	5.3	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-25617	Medium	5.3	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-1000115	High	7.5	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.