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CVE-2018-7208

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Date: February 17, 2018

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (12)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7208
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-7208
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103077
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7208
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7208
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22741
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-7208

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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