CVE-2018-18606 (GCVE-0-2018-18606)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-23 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 11:15
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An issue was discovered in the merge_strings function in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_add_merge_section when attempting to merge sections with large alignments. A specially crafted ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105754 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
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| https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23806 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
Date Public
2018-10-23 00:00
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