CVE-2018-6759

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule

Description

The bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 function in opncls.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, has an unchecked strnlen operation. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted ELF file.

References (5)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 46.5%
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-20
Status published

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Feb 06, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026