VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-9838

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability4.17%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-04-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Primary references