Description
The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak via a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by nm.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106142
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23952
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c2f5dc30afa34696f2da0081c4ac50b958ecb0e9
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62602089
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0182
EPSS Percentile
75.9%
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-772
Status
published
Products (4)
f5/traffix_signaling_delivery_controller
4.4.0
f5/traffix_signaling_delivery_controller
5.0.0 - 5.1.0
gnu/binutils
2.31
netapp/vasa_provider
7.2
Published
Dec 10, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026