CVE-2018-7569

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils - Integer Overflow

Title source: rule

Description

dwarf2.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 underflow or overflow, and application crash) via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM block, as demonstrated by nm.

References (6)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 34.9%
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 CWE-191
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