CVE-2018-20002

The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak via a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by nm.

CVSS v3.0

5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

1.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 77th percentile

Published

2018-12-10

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23952

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2018-20001
• CVE-2018-20009
• CVE-2018-19991
• CVE-2018-20010
• CVE-2018-1999002
• CVE-2018-20011