Integer Overflow or Wraparound The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ocaml  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2010-OCAML-1031666
  • published6 Apr 2018
  • disclosed6 Apr 2018

Introduced: 6 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-9838  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ocaml package and not the ocaml package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.