Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 6, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-9838
CVE-2018-9838
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.
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Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/suse/ocaml&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ocaml&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
< 4.02.1-4.3.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.02.1-4.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.03.0-8.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.phpnvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-48nvd
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