Medium severity · published Jul 1, 2018
CVE-2018-13033
The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation and…
5.5
CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by _bfd_elf_parse_attributes in elf-attrs.c and bfd_malloc in libbfd.c. This can occur during execution of nm.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BI
Binutils · Gnu
2.30 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
OC
Openshift Container Platform · Redhat
3.11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13033
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-13033
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104584
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
Exploit
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23361
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
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