CVE-2018-20002

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils 2.31 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0033
EPSS Percentile 55.9%
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