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CVE-2018-17359

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CVE-2018-17359

Published: Sep 23, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in bfd_zalloc in opncls.c. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

openSUSE-SU-2019:2415
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
openSUSE-SU-2019:2432
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-4336-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU

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