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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions *

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.35% (72nd percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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SUSE
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-BINUTILS-403887
  • published 9 Feb 2018
  • disclosed 9 Feb 2018
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Introduced: 9 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-6872 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 binutils.

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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The elf_parse_notes function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation) via a note with a large alignment.