CVE-2018-20623

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils - Use After Free

Title source: rule

Description

In GNU Binutils 2.31.1, there is a use-after-free in the error function in elfcomm.c when called from the process_archive function in readelf.c via a crafted ELF file.

References (6)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106370

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24049

[Third Party Advisory] https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38336243

[Vendor Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0032

EPSS Percentile 55.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-416

Status published

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Dec 31, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026