Published: 18/02/2018 Updated: 31/10/2019

CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 605

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

In the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, an index is not validated, which allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object.

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gnu binutils 2.30
redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
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Synopsis Low: binutils security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Low Topic An update for binutils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) b ...

An integer wraparound has been discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library distributed in GNU Binutils up to version 230 An attacker could cause a crash by providing an ELF file with corrupted DWARF debug information(CVE-2018-7568) The ignore_section_sym function in elfc in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as di ...

In the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgenc in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 230, an index is not validated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF ...

CWE-20 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22741 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103077 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032 https://nvd.nist.gov https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2019-1138.html

CVE-2018-7208

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