CVE-2018-6543

Updated: 2024-11-23 04:56:49.442375

Description:

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.


Links NIST CIRCL RHEL Ubuntu

Severity

Severity Score
CVSS Version 2.x MEDIUM 6.8
CVSS Version 3.x HIGH 7.8

Status

OS name Project name Version Score Severity Status Errata Last updated

Statement

CentOS 6 ELS binutils 2.20 7.8 HIGH Released CLSA-2021:1640621287 2022-05-05 12:03:22
CloudLinux 6 ELS binutils 2.20 7.8 HIGH Released CLSA-2021:1639670535 2021-12-27 14:17:46
Oracle Linux 6 ELS binutils 2.20 7.8 HIGH Released CLSA-2021:1639670584 2021-12-16 15:55:40
Ubuntu 16.04 ELS binutils 2.26 7.8 HIGH Released CLSA-2021:1635459139 2021-12-16 10:40:04
Ubuntu 18.04 ELS binutils 2.30-21 7.8 HIGH Not Vulnerable 2023-10-11 05:08:01