CVE-2018-9838

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8

Description

The caml_ba_deserialize function in byterun/bigarray.c in the standard library in OCaml 4.06.0 has an integer overflow which, in situations where marshalled data is accepted from an untrusted source, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted object.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-9838

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2018-04-06T18:29:00

Last Modified Date
2020-07-27T03:15:12

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-190	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:ocaml:ocaml:4.06.0:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
7.5

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
9.8

Base Severity
CRITICAL

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=7765	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-48

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9838
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-9838

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:39:38				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 04:31:42	2018-04-06T18:29Z	2018-04-06T18:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 04:31:42		2020-07-27T03:15:12	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 04:31:42		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated