CVE-2018-17360

Published: Sep 23, 2018Modified: Nov 21, 2024

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. a heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c allows an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted PE file. This vulnerability can be triggered by the executable objdump.

Affected (1)

Products: Gnu: Binutils

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Binutils	Version 2.31.1

Related CWEs

Out-of-bounds Read

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (8)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23685

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23685

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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