CVE-2018-6872 — Out-of-bounds Read in Binutils

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read9 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 58.03%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedFeb 9
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The elf_parse_notes function in elf.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 (out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation) via a note with a large alignment.

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< 2.30-4+3
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.30

Patches

Patch: sourceware.org ↗Patch: sourceware.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-f82r-gxmc-7677: The elf_parse_notes function in elf↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-6872: The elf_parse_notes function in elf↗2018-02-09
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CVEList
CVE-2018-6872: The elf_parse_notes function in elf↗2018-02-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
binutils: out of bounds read in elf_parse_notes function in elf.c file in libbfd library↗2018-02-05
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Debian
CVE-2018-6872: binutils - The elf_parse_notes function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) librar...↗2018
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6872 binutils: out of bounds read in elf_parse_notes function in elf.c file in libbfd library↗2018-02-09
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6872 mingw-binutils: binutils: out of bounds read in elf_parse_notes function in elf.c file in libbfd library [epel-all]↗2018-02-09
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6872 binutils: out of bounds read in elf_parse_notes function in elf.c file in libbfd library [fedora-all]↗2018-02-09
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