CVE-2018-20671

Summary

CVECVE-2018-20671
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-01-04 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:56:00 UTC
Descriptionload_specific_debug_section in objdump.c in GNU Binutils through 2.31.1 contains an integer overflow vulnerability that can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted section size.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787 | CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Binutils All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
24005 – CVE-2018-20671 objdump integer overflow in load_specific_debug_section MISC sourceware.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit sourceware.org
USN-4336-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit MISC sourceware.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[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
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199808 Ubuntu Security Notification for GNU binutils Vulnerabilities (USN-6413-1)
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