CVE-2018-8945
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.33%Published: 3/22/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The bfd_section_from_shdr 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 (segmentation fault) via a large attribute section.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/binutilsfrom 0, < 2.30-r2
- Debian/binutilsfrom 0, < 2.30.90.20180627-1
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 |