CVE-2018-10373 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Binutils

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference12 documents8 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.1%
top 22.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
GNU BinutilsRedhat Enterprise Linux DesktopRedhat Enterprise Linux Server+1 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 25
Latest updateMay 14

Description

concat_filename in dwarf2.c 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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by nm-new.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.30.90.20180627-1+3
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.30

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-rrxh-mjgv-hp46: concat_filename in dwarf2↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2018-10373: concat_filename in dwarf2↗2018-04-25
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CVEList
CVE-2018-10373: concat_filename in dwarf2↗2018-04-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2020-04-22
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Red Hat
binutils: NULL pointer dereference in dwarf2.c:concat_filename() allows for denial of service via crafted file↗2018-04-14
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Debian
CVE-2018-10373: binutils - concat_filename in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka lib...↗2018
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-10373 mingw-binutils: binutils: NULL pointer dereference in dwarf2.c:concat_filename() allows for denial of service via crafted file [fedora-all]↗2018-05-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-10373 mingw-binutils: binutils: NULL pointer dereference in dwarf2.c:concat_filename() allows for denial of service via crafted file [epel-all]↗2018-05-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-10373 binutils: NULL pointer dereference in dwarf2.c:concat_filename() allows for denial of service via crafted file↗2018-05-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-10373 binutils: NULL pointer dereference in dwarf2.c:concat_filename() allows for denial of service via crafted file [fedora-all]↗2018-05-01
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