CVE-2018-17360 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2018-17360 PUBLISHED

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. a heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c allows an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted PE file. This vulnerability can be triggered by the executable objdump.

EPSS 0.44% · 63.0th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.44%

63.0th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS	binutils	2.25.51.20151106-0ubuntu1, 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8, 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.7
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	binutils	2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.2, 0, 2.29.1-4ubuntu1
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS	binutils	2.24-1ubuntu2, 2.24-1ubuntu1, 2.23.91.20131123-1ubuntu1

Timeline

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

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17360 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-2018-17360 third-party-advisory

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