Vulnerability Details : CVE-2018-17358
Potential exploit
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in _bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line in syms.c. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
Vulnerability category: OverflowDenial of service
Products affected by CVE-2018-17358
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.31.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-17358
0.19%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 57 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2018-17358
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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4.3
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
8.6
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2.9
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NIST | |
5.5
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
1.8
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3.6
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2018-17358
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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2018-17358
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https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/25
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4604-1] cacti security update
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2415-1: moderate: Security update f
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
USN-4336-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2432-1: moderate: Security update f
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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23686
23686 – two segment fault in nm in binutils-2.31.1Exploit;Issue Tracking;Third Party Advisory
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