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ALPINE-CVE-2018-7208 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.7binutils0, 2.20.51.0.12-r0, 2.20.51.0.4-r1
Alpine:v3.8binutils0, 2.20.51.0.12-r0, 2.20.51.0.4-r1

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