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CVE-2018-6543

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CVE-2018-6543

Published: Feb 2, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

In GNU Binutils 2.30, there's an integer overflow in the function load_specific_debug_section() in objdump.c, which results in `malloc()` with 0 size. A crafted ELF file allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

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affected
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References

GLSA-201811-17
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
102985
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
openSUSE-SU-2019:2415
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
openSUSE-SU-2019:2432
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE

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