Published: 09/02/2018 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 384

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The elf_parse_notes function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation) via a note with a large alignment.

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The elf_parse_notes function in elfc in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 230, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation) via a note with a large alignment ...

CWE-125 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22788 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103103 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ef135d4314fd4c2d7da66b9d7b59af4a85b0f7e6 https://nvd.nist.gov https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-6872

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