CVE-2018-18606

An issue was discovered in the merge_strings function in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31

published October 23, 2018

CVSS
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EPSS
2%
Percentile
83.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An issue was discovered in the merge_strings function in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_add_merge_section when attempting to merge sections with large alignments. A specially crafted ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02320 · 83.3th percentile
Published
2018-10-23T17:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 23 OCT 17:00Z
    An issue was discovered in the merge_strings function in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31
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