CVE-2018-9838: ocaml: Integer overflow in byterun/bigarray.c:caml_ba_deserialize() allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact

Severity: Critical

CVSS Score: 9.8

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.