VDB
CVE-2018-18606
CVE-2018-18606
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
An issue was discovered in the merge_strings function in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_add_merge_section when attempting to merge sections with large alignments. A specially crafted ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.
EPSS 2.32% · 82.8th 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
2.32%
82.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | binutils | 0, 2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1, 2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | binutils | 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.7, 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8, 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | binutils | 0, 2.29.1-4ubuntu1, 2.29.1-7ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Oct 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 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 13, 2022 CVE Updated
- Jul 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 8, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 10, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18606 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-2018-18606 third-party-advisory