CVE-2018-12886 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) versions 4.1 through 8 when targeting ARM architectures. It allows an attacker to bypass stack overflow protections (like -fstack-protector) by manipulating the stack canary comparison during compilation. The CVSS score of 8.1 reflects a network-based attack with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires high attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.1, <= 8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gcc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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