A heap-based buffer over-read issue was discovered in the function sec_merge_hash_lookup in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, because _bfd_add_merge_section mishandles section merges when size is not a multiple of entsize. A specially crafted ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-10325 A heap-based buffer over-read issue was discovered in the function sec_merge_hash_lookup in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, because _bfd_add_merge_section mishandles section merges when size is not a multiple of entsize. A specially crafted ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.
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': 0.00718}

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{'score': 0.00558}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:15:59.854Z

Reserved: 2018-10-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-18605

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-23T17:29:00.363

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:56:14.070

Link: CVE-2018-18605

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-10-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-18605 - Bugzilla

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