CVE-2018-17359
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2018-17359 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2018-09-23 18:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2019-10-31 01:15:00 UTC |
| Description | An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in bfd_zalloc in opncls.c. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ELF file. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-119
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| USN-4336-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | UBUNTU | usn.ubuntu.com | |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2415-1: moderate: Security update f | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2432-1: moderate: Security update f | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | |
| 23686 – two segment fault in nm in binutils-2.31.1 | MISC | sourceware.org | Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 670597 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2021-2355)