Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 36.81%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 23
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. a heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c allows an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted PE file. This vulnerability can be triggered by the executable objdump.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

Debiangnu/binutils< 2.32.51.20190707-1+3
NVDgnu/binutils2.31.1

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-r424-xhv9-jprm: An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 22022-05-13
OSV
CVE-2018-17360: An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 22018-09-23
CVEList
CVE-2018-17360: An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 22018-09-23

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities2021-07-21
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities2020-04-22
Red Hat
binutils: heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c2018-09-19
Debian
CVE-2018-17360: binutils - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd)...2018

💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17360 mingw-binutils: binutils: heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c [fedora-all]2018-09-25
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17360 binutils: heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c2018-09-25
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17360 binutils: heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c [fedora-all]2018-09-25
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17360 mingw-binutils: binutils: heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c [epel-all]2018-09-25
CVE-2018-17360 — Out-of-bounds Read in GNU Binutils | cvebase