CVE-2018-7570

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils - Denial of Service via RELRO Segment Handling in BFD Library

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections function in elf.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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an ELF file with a RELRO segment that lacks a matching LOAD segment, as demonstrated by objcopy.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22881

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0046
EPSS Percentile 64.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (1)
gnu/binutils 2.30
Published Feb 28, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026