CVE-2018-6543

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

published February 2, 2018

CVSS
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EPSS
2%
Percentile
83.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02285 · 83.0th percentile
Published
2018-02-02T09:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 FEB 09:00Z
    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
    cvelistv5