CVE-2018-7642

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule

Description

The swap_std_reloc_in function in aoutx.h 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 (aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objcopy.

References (7)

[Patch] https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=116acb2c268c89c89186673a7c92620d21825b25

[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=22887

[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

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0019

EPSS Percentile 41.0%

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-476

Status published

Affected Products (4)

gnu/binutils

redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop

redhat/enterprise_linux_server

redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation

Timeline

Published Mar 02, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026