CVE-2018-9838

Summary

CVECVE-2018-9838
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-04-06 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-07-27 03:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ocaml Ocaml 4.06.0 All All All
Application Ocaml Ocaml 4.06.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OCaml: Arbitrary code execution (GLSA 202007-48) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
0007765: A integer overflow in the big array serialization module leads to arbitrary code execution - MantisBT MISC caml.inria.fr Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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