CVE-2018-7208 — Improper Input Validation in Binutils

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation10 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 57.75%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
GNU BinutilsRedhat Enterprise Linux DesktopRedhat Enterprise Linux Server+1 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 18
Latest updateMay 13

Description

In the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, an index is not validated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object.

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 Packages5 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.30-6+3
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.30

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-6p42-xfj6-9ggh: In the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgen↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-7208: In the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgen↗2018-02-18
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CVEList
CVE-2018-7208: In the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgen↗2018-02-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Red Hat
binutils: Improper bounds check in coffgen.c:coff_pointerize_aux() allows for denial of service when parsing a crafted COFF file↗2018-01-24
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Debian
CVE-2018-7208: binutils - In the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (...↗2018
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7208 mingw-binutils: binutils: Improper bounds check in coffgen.c:coff_pointerize_aux() allows for denial of service when parsing a crafted COFF file [epel-all]↗2018-02-19
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7208 binutils: Improper bounds check in coffgen.c:coff_pointerize_aux() allows for denial of service when parsing a crafted COFF file [fedora-all]↗2018-02-19
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7208 binutils: Improper bounds check in coffgen.c:coff_pointerize_aux() allows for denial of service when parsing a crafted COFF file↗2018-02-19
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