In the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, an index is not validated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-02-18T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:24:11.492Z

Reserved: 2018-02-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-7208

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-18T04:29:00.277

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:11:47.763

Link: CVE-2018-7208

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-01-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-7208 - Bugzilla