CVE-2018-10535
MEDIUMGNU Binutils - Denial of Service via Crafted File in BFD Library
Title source: llmDescription
The ignore_section_sym function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, does not validate the output_section pointer in the case of a symtab entry with a "SECTION" type that has a "0" value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23113
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104021
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0015
EPSS Percentile
34.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (4)
gnu/binutils
2.30
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation
7.0
Published
Apr 29, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026