CVE-2018-18309

binutils: invalid memory address dereference in read_reloc in reloc.c

Published Oct 15, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in read_reloc in reloc.c. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service, as demonstrated by objdump, because of missing _bfd_clear_contents bounds checking.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-10042 An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in read_reloc in reloc.c. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service, as demonstrated by objdump, because of missing _bfd_clear_contents bounds checking.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4336-1 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4336-2 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:08 AM
Reserved
Oct 14, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 15, 2018, 2:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:46 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Oct 13, 2018, 12:00 AM