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CVE-2018-7642

Published: 02/03/2018 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
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Vulnerability Summary

The swap_std_reloc_in function in aoutx.h 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 (aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objcopy.

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Vendor Advisories

Red Hat: Low: binutils security, bug fix, and enhancement update
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 ...
Red Hat: CVE-2018-7642
The swap_std_reloc_in function in aoutxh in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 230, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objcopy ...

References

CWE-476https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22887https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.htmlhttps://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=116acb2c268c89c89186673a7c92620d21825b25https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032https://nvd.nist.gov
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