CVE-2018-20002
N/A
Published: December 10, 2018 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:52 AM UTC
4 products affected across 3 vendorsBinutilsTraffix Signaling Delivery ControllerVasa Provider
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak via a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by nm.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
5.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.1.04.4.0
80%
All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106142Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23952x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62602089Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-772
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