Medium severity · published Dec 10, 2018
CVE-2018-20002
The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak via a crafted…
5.5
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak via a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by 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)1.8% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BI
Binutils · Gnu
2.31 · source: NVD
TS
Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller · F5
5.0.0 through 5.1.0; 4.4.0 · source: NVD
VP
Vasa Provider · Netapp
7.2 and later · source: NVD
Affected product
TS
Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller
F5
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20002
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20002
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106142
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
Patch
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/
Exploit
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23952
sourceware.org
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c2f5dc30afa34696f2da0081c4ac50b958ecb0e9
Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62602089
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