CVE-2018-7569 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Binutils

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or WraparoundCWE-191 — Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)10 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 64.81%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
GNU BinutilsRedhat Enterprise Linux DesktopRedhat Enterprise Linux Server+1 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 28
Latest updateMay 13

Description

dwarf2.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 (integer underflow or overflow, and application crash) via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM block, as demonstrated by nm.

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 Packages5 packages

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

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-q9f4-96w8-25fw: dwarf2↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-7569: dwarf2↗2018-02-28
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CVEList
CVE-2018-7569: dwarf2↗2018-02-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Red Hat
binutils: integer underflow or overflow via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM block in libbfd library↗2018-02-26
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Debian
CVE-2018-7569: binutils - dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distribute...↗2018
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7569 mingw-binutils: binutils: integer underflow or overflow via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM block in libbfd library [epel-all]↗2018-03-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7569 binutils: integer underflow or overflow via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM block in libbfd library [fedora-all]↗2018-03-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7569 binutils: integer underflow or overflow via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM block in libbfd library↗2018-03-05
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