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CVE-2018-18606 Details

Description

An issue was discovered in the merge_strings function in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_add_merge_section when attempting to merge sections with large alignments. A specially crafted ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html CVE
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0003/ CVEThird Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23806 CVEExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=45a0eaf77022963d639d6d19871dbab7b79703fc CVE

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gnu binutils
2.31

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
7.0
8.0
9.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
netapp data ontap
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:netapp:data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-18606
NVD Published Date:
Oct 23, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-18606 Details - Not Deferred