CVE-2018-20671

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils < 2.31.1 - Integer Overflow

Title source: rule

Description

load_specific_debug_section in objdump.c in GNU Binutils through 2.31.1 contains an integer overflow vulnerability that can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted section size.

References (6)

[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

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106457

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24005

[Patch] https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=11fa9f134fd658075c6f74499c780df045d9e9ca

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

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0011

EPSS Percentile 29.3%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-190 CWE-787

Status published

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils < 2.31.1

Timeline

Published Jan 04, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026