CVE-2018-7208

Name
CVE-2018-7208
Description
In the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, an index is not validated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Issue Tracking https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22741
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103077
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
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