CVE-2018-7208

HIGH

GNU Binutils - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule

Description

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)

[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/103077

[Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327

[Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032

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

[Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22741

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0020

EPSS Percentile 42.1%

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-20

Status published

Affected Products (4)

gnu/binutils

redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop

redhat/enterprise_linux_server

redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation

Timeline

Published Feb 18, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026