An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. a heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c allows an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted PE file. This vulnerability can be triggered by the executable objdump.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-9115 An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. a heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c allows an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted PE file. This vulnerability can be triggered by the executable objdump.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4336-1 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4336-2 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
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{'score': 0.0021}

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{'score': 0.00236}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:47:04.292Z

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

Link: CVE-2018-17360

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-23T18:29:00.547

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:54:15.700

Link: CVE-2018-17360

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2018-17360 - Bugzilla

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