Is CVE-2018-9138 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-9138 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-9138?

CVE-2018-9138 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-9138?

CVE-2018-9138 has an EPSS score of 1.07% (61th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-9138?

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-2018-9138

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and 2.30. Stack Exhaustion occurs in the C++ demangling functions provided by libiberty, and there are recursive stack frames: demangle_nested_args, demangle_args, do_arg, and do_type.

CWE-674

How to fix

Remediation Available

binutilsDebian

Fixed in:2.32.51.20190707-1CVE-2018-9138

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

1.07%probability of exploitation in 30 days

61stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 61% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

sourceware.org

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-674 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2021-45105	Medium	5.9	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-25111	High	8.6	65%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-50269	High	8.6	58%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-42697	High	7.5	36%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-0739	Medium	6.5	19%	-	Fix
CVE-2007-1285	High	7.5	18%	-	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.