CVE-2018-17360

Medium

Description

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. a heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c allows an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted PE file. This vulnerability can be triggered by the executable objdump.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductGnu Binutils
PublishedSep 23, 2018
First seenSep 23, 2018

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
gnu binutils2.31.1—

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