CVE-2018-7568

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils - Integer Overflow

Title source: rule

Description

The parse_die function in dwarf1.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) via an ELF file with corrupt dwarf1 debug information, as demonstrated by nm.

References (6)

[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] 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

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22894

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0017

EPSS Percentile 38.3%

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-190

Status published

Affected Products (4)

gnu/binutils

redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop

redhat/enterprise_linux_server

redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation

Timeline

Published Feb 28, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026