CVE-2018-6543

HIGH

GNU Binutils - Integer Overflow

Title source: rule

Description

In GNU Binutils 2.30, there's an integer overflow in the function load_specific_debug_section() in objdump.c, which results in `malloc()` with 0 size. A crafted ELF file allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

References (5)

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

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102985

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22769

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

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0015

EPSS Percentile 34.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-190

Status published

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Feb 02, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026