CVE-2018-17359 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2018-17359 PUBLISHED

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_zalloc in opncls.c. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

EPSS 0.31% · 54.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.31%

54.4th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	binutils	0, 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.2, 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS	binutils	2.26-8ubuntu2, 2.25.51.20151028-0ubuntu1, 2.25.51.20151106-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS	binutils	2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3, 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm5, 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6

Timeline

Sep 23, 2018 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17359 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-2018-17359 third-party-advisory

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