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TI-2018-09114 Aliases CVE-2018-12698GHSA-3xpc-qj75-hw9m

demangle_template in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30…

Priority MEDIUM 42Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

demangle_template in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows attackers to trigger excessive memory consumption (aka OOM) during the "Create an array for saving the template argument values" XNEWVEC call. This can occur during execution of objdump.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06203 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.30VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*16.04.4VulnerableCanonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.30 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 16.04.4 Vulnerable ·Canonical

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-12698
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3xpc-qj75-hw9m

References

Exploit 3

Advisory 3

Sources

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