CVE-2018-17359
MEDIUMGNU Binutils - Denial of Service via Crafted ELF File
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in bfd_zalloc in opncls.c. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23686
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0031
EPSS Percentile
54.6%
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-119
Status
published
Products (1)
gnu/binutils
2.31.1
Published
Sep 23, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026