CVE-2018-6543

Name
CVE-2018-6543
Description
In GNU Binutils 2.30, there's an integer overflow in the function load_specific_debug_section() in objdump.c, which results in `malloc()` with 0 size. A crafted ELF file allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Exploit https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22769
VDB Entry http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102985
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* binutils == None == 2.30

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status