CVE-2018-9838

CRITICAL

OCaml 4.06.0 - Integer Overflow in caml_ba_deserialize

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=7765
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-48

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0422
EPSS Percentile 89.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (1)
ocaml/ocaml 4.06.0
Published Apr 06, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026