CVE-2018-12886

Published: May 22, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDU csafCWE-209

8.1HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

stack_protect_prologue in cfgexpand.c and stack_protect_epilogue in function.c in GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) 4.1 through 8 (under certain circumstances) generate instruction sequences when targeting ARM targets that spill the address of the stack protector guard, which allows an attacker to bypass the protection of -fstack-protector, -fstack-protector-all, -fstack-protector-strong, and -fstack-protector-explicit against stack overflow by controlling what the stack canary is compared against.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:HAttack Complexity

High

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-209

Affected Products

Siemens AG

commercial·DEaka siemens

oss-project·USaka g. nu

gcc

OSS Libraries

GNU General Public License

oss-project·USaka gnu gpl, gpl

GNU Compiler Collection

OSS Libraries

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Exploitability

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References

https://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/gcc-8/changes.html

gnu.org

https://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs/gcc/trunk/gcc/config/arm/arm-protos.h?revision=266379&view=markup

gcc.gnu.org

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-565386.pdf

cert-portal.siemens.com

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