CVE-2018-18309
CVSS V2 Medium 4.3
CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in read_reloc in reloc.c. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service, as demonstrated by objdump, because of missing _bfd_clear_contents bounds checking.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2018-18309
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2018-10-15T02:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2019-10-31T01:15:12
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 4.3
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8.6
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 5.5
- Base Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 1.8
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=0930cb3021b8078b34cf216e79eb8608d017864f | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23770 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105692 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18309 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18309 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 17:00:32 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 13:19:31 | 2018-10-15T02:29Z | 2018-10-15T02:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 13:19:31 | 2019-10-31T01:15:12 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 13:19:31 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |