Description
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.
Published: 2018-09-23
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4604-1 cacti security update
EUVD 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 Ubuntu USN USN-4336-1 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4336-2 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
History

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00196}

epss

{'score': 0.00211}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:47:04.173Z

Reserved: 2018-09-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-17358

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-23T18:29:00.283

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:54:15.393

Link: CVE-2018-17358

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-09-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-17358 - Bugzilla

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