NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils package, versions <2.30-6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.58% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-BINUTILS-5675739
  • published2 Mar 2018
  • disclosed2 Mar 2018

Introduced: 2 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-7642  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 binutils to version 2.30-6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

The swap_std_reloc_in function in aoutx.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objcopy.