CVE-2018-9838 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=7765 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-48

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8