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Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions *

0.0
low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.2% (58th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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SUSE
3.3 low
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS6-BINUTILS-1997388
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 19 Sep 2018
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Introduced: 19 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-17358 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 binutils.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 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.