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CVE-2018-17358
CVE-2018-17358
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in _bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line in syms.c. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
EPSS 1.33% · 69.8th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
1.33%
69.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | binutils | 0, 2.25.1-6ubuntu1, 2.25.51.20151022-0ubuntu2 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | binutils | 2.30-10ubuntu1, 0, 2.29.1-4ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | binutils | 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm8, 2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1, 2.24-4ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Sep 23, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 29, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 5, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Nov 11, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 17, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17358 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17358 third-party-advisory