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CVE-2018-7208
Published: Feb 18, 2018
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
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References
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22741
x_refsource_CONFIRM
RHSA-2018:3032
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
GLSA-201811-17
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
103077
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
RHBA-2019:0327
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
openSUSE-SU-2019:2415
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
openSUSE-SU-2019:2432
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
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