CVE-2018-7642
The swap_std_reloc_in function in aoutx.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objcopy.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2018-03-02
- Last modified
- 2024-08-05
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Affected products
- Binutils (Gnu)
- Enterprise Linux Desktop (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Workstation (Redhat)
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22887
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=116acb2c268c89c89186673a7c92620d21825b25
