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CVE-2018-17360 An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. a heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c allows an attacker to cau...

MediumCVSS 5.5 EPSS 1.3%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. a heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c allows an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted PE file. This vulnerability can be triggered by the executable objdump.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/binutils(Debian:12) < 2.32.51.20190707-1 2.32.51.20190707-1
debian/binutils(Debian:13) < 2.32.51.20190707-1 2.32.51.20190707-1
debian/binutils(Debian:14) < 2.32.51.20190707-1 2.32.51.20190707-1
GNU binutils = 2.31.1 No fix listed

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