CVE-2018-6543

High

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.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.8

Exploit probability—

Product

Gnu Binutils

PublishedFeb 2, 2018

First seenFeb 2, 2018

How to fix

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
gnu binutils	2.30	—

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