Is CVE-2018-17985 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-17985 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-17985?

CVE-2018-17985 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-17985?

CVE-2018-17985 has an EPSS score of 1.29% (67th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-17985?

Upgrade binutils on debian 11 to 2.32.51.20190707-1 or later. Fixes are available for 5 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-17985

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in cp-demangle.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a stack consumption problem caused by the cplus_demangle_type function making recursive calls to itself in certain scenarios involving many 'P' characters.

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion

How to fix

Remediation Available

binutilsDebian

Fixed in:2.32.51.20190707-1CVE-2018-17985

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

1.29%probability of exploitation in 30 days

67thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 67% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

gcc.gnu.org

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.