VDB

CVE-2018-5392

CVE-2018-5392 PUBLISHED

mingw-w64 version 5.0.4 by default produces executables that opt in to ASLR, but are not compatible with ASLR. ASLR is an exploit mitigation technique used by modern Windows platforms. For ASLR to function, Windows executables must contain a relocations table. Despite containing the "Dynamic base" PE header, which indicates ASLR compatibility, Windows executables produced by mingw-w64 have the relocations table stripped from them by default. This means that executables produced by mingw-w64 are vulnerable to return-oriented programming (ROP) attacks. Windows executables generated by mingw-w64 claim to be ASLR compatible, but are not. Vulnerabilities in such executables are more easily exploitable as a result.

EPSS 0.25% · 48.5th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.25%
48.5th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSmingw-w640, 7.0.0-2, 6.0.0-4
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSmingw-w640, 3.0~svn5915-1, 3.0.0-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSmingw-w640, 11.0.1-2, 11.0.1-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSmingw-w640, 8.0.0-1
Ubuntu:25.10mingw-w640, 12.0.0-3
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSmingw-w645.0.3-1, 0, 5.0.2-2
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSmingw-w640, 4.0.2-4, 4.0.4-2

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Aug 14, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score

References

Open in Interactive Console →
$ Console Community · 100/wk Open console ›