CVE-2018-8945
CVSS V2 Medium 4.3
CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
The bfd_section_from_shdr function in elf.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 (segmentation fault) via a large attribute section.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2018-8945
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2018-03-22T21:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2019-10-31T01:15:16
Weakness Enumerations
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: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/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22809 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
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 | |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ |
Sources
Source Name | Source URL |
---|---|
NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8945 |
MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8945 |
History
Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022-05-10 17:00:29 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
2022-12-03 03:45:13 | 2018-03-22T21:29Z | 2018-03-22T21:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
2022-12-03 03:45:13 | 2019-10-31T01:15:16 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
2022-12-03 03:45:13 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |