CVE-2018-7643

HIGH

GNU Binutils 2.30 - Integer Overflow in dwarf.c via Crafted ELF File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The display_debug_ranges function in dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objdump.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103264
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22905
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 48.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (4)
gnu/binutils 2.30
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
Published Mar 02, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026