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CVE-2018-18483

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-18483 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting GNU libiberty, specifically within GNU Binutils 2.31. An integer overflow in the get_count function can be triggered by a crafted string, leading to a denial of service or potentially other impacts. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction and local access, but can result in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0246 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: binutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: binutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: binutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: binutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: mingw-binutils

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-18483Moderate

binutils: Integer overflow in cplus-dem.c:get_count() allows for denial of service

Jan 17, 2017

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
gcc.gnu.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4326-1
usn.ubuntu.com / 4336-1
securityfocus.com / bid/105689
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry