Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions <2.32.51.20190707-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.33% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-BINUTILS-17992874
  • published16 Jul 2026
  • disclosed23 Sept 2018

Introduced: 23 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-17358  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in _bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line in syms.c. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

CVSS Base Scores

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