Out-of-bounds Write Affecting binutils package, versions <2.32.51.20190707-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.36% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-BINUTILS-404215
  • published23 Jun 2018
  • disclosed23 Jun 2018

Introduced: 23 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-12699  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable binutils to version 2.32.51.20190707-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

finish_stab in stabs.c in GNU Binutils 2.30 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an out-of-bounds write of 8 bytes. This can occur during execution of objdump.