CVE-2018-17358

binutils: invalid memory access in _bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line in syms.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 19, 2018

Updated · March 5, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in _bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line in syms.c. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer