CVE-2018-7568

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The parse_die function in dwarf1.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 (integer overflow and application crash) via an ELF file with corrupt dwarf1 debug information, as demonstrated by nm.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-190

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22894Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22894Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 28, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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