openSUSE-SU-2019:2415Vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html CVE-2018-6323
HIGH
GNU binutils 2.26.1 - Integer Overflow (PoC)
Record summary
CVE-2018-6323 has a selected CVSS score of 7.8 (high); EIP currently links 1 catalogued exploit.
Description
The elf_object_p function in elfcode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, has an unsigned integer overflow because bfd_size_type multiplication is not used. A crafted ELF file allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Description source: CVE List
Exploitation context
Available material
- Catalogued exploits
- 1
Proofs of concept
1Catalogued exploits
ExploitDBGNU binutils 2.26.1 - Integer Overflow (PoC)ExploitDB exploitby r4xisNot analyzed1 file
References
6openSUSE-SU-2019:2432Vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html 102821vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102821 nvd.nist.gov
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6323 sourceware.orgConfirmation
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22746 44035exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44035