CVE-2018-6543
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.15%Published: 2/2/2018Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2018-6543DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6543
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/binutilsfrom 0, < 2.30-r2
- Debian/binutilsfrom 0, < 2.30-3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |