CVE-2018-13033
MEDIUMGNU Binutils - Denial of Service via Crafted ELF File in BFD Library
Title source: llmDescription
The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by _bfd_elf_parse_attributes in elf-attrs.c and bfd_malloc in libbfd.c. This can occur during execution of nm.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23361
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104584
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
0.0147
EPSS Percentile
81.2%
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-770
Status
published
Products (5)
gnu/binutils
2.30
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation
7.0
redhat/openshift_container_platform
3.11
Published
Jul 01, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026