CVE-2018-6759
N/A
Published: February 6, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:02 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBinutils
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 function in opncls.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, has an unchecked strnlen operation. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted ELF file.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103030Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22794Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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