CVE-2018-13033

binutils: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in execution of nm

Published Jul 1, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 2.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by _bfd_elf_parse_attributes in elf-attrs.c and bfd_malloc in libbfd.c. This can occur during execution of nm.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-4983 The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by _bfd_elf_parse_attributes in elf-attrs.c and bfd_malloc in libbfd.c. This can occur during execution of nm.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4336-1 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4336-2 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
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