# CVE-2018-12699: 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 unsp

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-06-23 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104540
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/

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