A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in elf_link_add_object_symbols in elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1. This occurs for a crafted ET_DYN with no program headers. A specially crafted ELF file allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-01-01T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:05:17.829Z

Reserved: 2019-01-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-20651

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-01T16:29:00.343

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:56:19.667

Link: CVE-2018-20651

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-12-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-20651 - Bugzilla