CVE-2018-6543 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2018-6543 PUBLISHED

In GNU Binutils 2.30, there's an integer overflow in the function load_specific_debug_section() in objdump.c, which results in `malloc()` with 0 size. A crafted ELF file allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

EPSS 0.15% · 34.9th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.15%

34.9th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS	binutils	0, 2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1, 2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS	binutils	0, 2.25.1-6ubuntu1, 2.25.51.20151022-0ubuntu2

Timeline

Feb 2, 2018 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6543 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6413-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6543 third-party-advisory

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