CVE-2018-20671 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Binutils

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or WraparoundCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write14 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedJan 4
Latest updateOct 4

Description

load_specific_debug_section in objdump.c in GNU Binutils through 2.31.1 contains an integer overflow vulnerability that can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted section size.

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
binutils vulnerabilities↗2023-10-04
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GHSA
GHSA-crr7-7j5m-9cvf: load_specific_debug_section in objdump↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2018-20671: load_specific_debug_section in objdump↗2019-01-04
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OSV
CVE-2018-20671: load_specific_debug_section in objdump↗2019-01-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2023-10-04
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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: Integer overflow in load_specific_debug_section function↗2018-12-19
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Debian
CVE-2018-20671: binutils - load_specific_debug_section in objdump.c in GNU Binutils through 2.31.1 contains...↗2018
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-20671 binutils: Integer overflow in load_specific_debug_section function↗2019-01-09
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-1000876 CVE-2018-20623 CVE-2018-20651 CVE-2018-20657 CVE-2018-20671 CVE-2018-20673 binutils: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2019-01-09
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-1000876 CVE-2018-20623 CVE-2018-20651 CVE-2018-20657 CVE-2018-20671 CVE-2018-20673 mingw-binutils: various flaws [epel-all]↗2019-01-09
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-1000876 CVE-2018-20623 CVE-2018-20651 CVE-2018-20657 CVE-2018-20671 CVE-2018-20673 mingw-binutils: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2019-01-09
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