CVE-2018-20002 in binutils

Résumé

par MITRE

The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak via a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by nm.

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• Réserver: 09/12/2018
• Divulgation: 09/12/2018
• Modérer: accepté
• Entrée: VDB-127762
• CPE: prêt
• CWE: CWE-399 (confirmé)
• CVSS: 5.5 (NVD)
• EPSS: 0.01819
• KEV: non
• Activités: très faible
• Secteur: Telecommunication, Hostingprovider

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20002
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20002
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2018-20002/