CVE-2018-6872
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.20%Published: 2/9/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/binutilsfrom 0, < 2.30-r2
- Debian/binutilsfrom 0, < 2.30-4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |