CVE-2018-18309

Summary

CVECVE-2018-18309
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-15 02:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:55:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in read_reloc in reloc.c. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service, as demonstrated by objdump, because of missing _bfd_clear_contents bounds checking.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Binutils 2.31 All All All
Application Gnu Binutils 2.31 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit sourceware.org
GNU Binutils 'reloc.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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
23770 – An Invalid memory address dereference was discovered in function read_reloc in raloc.c in program objdump. MISC sourceware.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2432-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit MISC sourceware.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 670597 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2021-2355)
  • 671091 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2019-2099)
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