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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-9838

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 mars...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 ocaml

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.05.0-11"}]}]

Debian:13 ocaml

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.05.0-11"}]}]

Debian:14 ocaml

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.05.0-11"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org