CVE-2018-7208

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
In the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, an index is not validated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-7208
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-02-18T04:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-31T01:15:15
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22741 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103077 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7208
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7208
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:00:30 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 02:31:24 2018-02-18T04:29Z 2018-02-18T04:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 02:31:24 2019-10-31T01:15:15 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 02:31:24 Modified Vulnerability Status updated