Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting binutils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.61% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-BINUTILS-404028
  • published2 Feb 2018
  • disclosed2 Feb 2018

Introduced: 2 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-6543  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 binutils.

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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.