CVE-2018-8945

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils - Denial of Service via Large Attribute Section in BFD Library

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The bfd_section_from_shdr 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 (segmentation fault) via a large attribute section.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
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
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22809
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 39.7%
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-20
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 22, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026