CVE-2018-19932

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils due to an integer overflow in the IS_CONTAINED_BY_LMA function within elf.c in libbfd, where an attacker could exploit this flaw by persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, causing the application to enter an infinite loop and resulting in a denial of service condition.

This vulnerability was rated as LOW severity because it requires the victim to open a specially crafted file, it does not lead to system compromise, it can cause the application to enter an infinite loop, resulting in a temporary denial of service.

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