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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DSA |
DSA-4604-1 | cacti security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2018-9113 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4336-1 | GNU binutils vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4336-2 | GNU binutils vulnerabilities |
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Solution
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T10:47:04.173Z
Reserved: 2018-09-23T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-17358
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-09-23T18:29:00.283
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:54:15.393
Link: CVE-2018-17358
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN