CVE-2018-10373

binutils: NULL pointer dereference in dwarf2.c:concat_filename() allows for denial of service via crafted file

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · April 14, 2018

Updated · March 5, 2026

Description

concat_filename in dwarf2.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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by nm-new.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference