Improper Input Validation Affecting binutils package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.62% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BINUTILS-2368377
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed6 Feb 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-6759  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for binutils.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. 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.

CVSS Scores

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