CVE-2018-7570
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.44%Published: 2/28/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections 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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an ELF file with a RELRO segment that lacks a matching LOAD segment, as demonstrated by objcopy.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/binutilsfrom 0, < 2.30-r2
- Debian/binutilsfrom 0, < 2.30-6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |