CVE-2018-12699
highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.045 · 92 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
finish_stab in stabs.c in GNU Binutils 2.30 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an out-of-bounds write of 8 bytes. This can occur during execution of objdump.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedbinutils-0:2.30-125.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-0:2.30-125.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-0:2.30-125.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-0:2.30-125.el8_10.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-0:2.30-125.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-debuginfo-0:2.30-125.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-debuginfo-0:2.30-125.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-debuginfo-0:2.30-125.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-debuginfo-0:2.30-125.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-debuginfo-0:2.30-125.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-debuginfo-0:2.30-125.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-debuginfo-0:2.30-125.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-debuginfo-0:2.30-125.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-debuginfo-0:2.30-125.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-debugsource-0:2.30-125.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-debugsource-0:2.30-125.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-debugsource-0:2.30-125.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-debugsource-0:2.30-125.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-debugsource-0:2.30-125.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-debugsource-0:2.30-125.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-debugsource-0:2.30-125.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-debugsource-0:2.30-125.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-debugsource-0:2.30-125.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-devel-0:2.30-125.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-devel-0:2.30-125.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-devel-0:2.30-125.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-devel-0:2.30-125.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689 - Fixedbinutils-devel-0:2.30-125.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · none–critical · 0–9.8
weaknesses
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affected products (47)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- RHSA-2024:9689Red Hat Security Advisory: binutils security update2024-11-14csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for binutils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
- WID-SEC-W-2024-3470binutils: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2024-11-14csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in binutils ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (24)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102cnnvd
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153865/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-201908-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157353/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4336-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163618/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4336-2.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01cnnvd
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/GNU-binutils-multiple-vulnerabilities-32082cnnvd
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