CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-6759
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-02-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 function in opncls.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, has an unchecked strnlen operation. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted ELF file.
Affected configurations
• gnu binutils 2.30
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103030 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17 Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22794 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103030 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17 Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22794 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory