CVE-2018-6543 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Binutils

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound12 documents9 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 64.88%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedFeb 2
Latest updateOct 4

Description

In GNU Binutils 2.30, there's an integer overflow in the function load_specific_debug_section() in objdump.c, which results in `malloc()` with 0 size. A crafted ELF file allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.30-3+3
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.30

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
binutils vulnerabilities↗2023-10-04
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GHSA
GHSA-qp5q-3jm8-4774: In GNU Binutils 2↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-6543: In GNU Binutils 2↗2018-02-02
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CVEList
CVE-2018-6543: In GNU Binutils 2↗2018-02-02
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
Indusoft Web Studio 8.1 SP2 - Remote Code Execution↗2019-02-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2023-10-04
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Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Red Hat
binutils: integer overflow in load_specific_debug_section function in objdump.c↗2018-02-01
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Debian
CVE-2018-6543: binutils - In GNU Binutils 2.30, there's an integer overflow in the function load_specific_...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6543 binutils: integer overflow in load_specific_debug_section function in objdump.c↗2018-02-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6543 binutils: integer overflow in load_specific_debug_section function in objdump.c [fedora-all]↗2018-02-06
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