CVE-2018-7208
HIGHGNU Binutils - Denial of Service via Crafted COFF Object in coff_pointerize_aux
Title source: llmDescription
In the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, an index is not validated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22741
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103077
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0020
EPSS Percentile
41.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (4)
gnu/binutils
2.30
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation
7.0
Published
Feb 18, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026