DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7570

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7570 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

The assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an ELF file with a RELRO segment that lacks a matching LOAD segment, as demonstrated by objcopy.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

5.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:13	binutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	binutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	binutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	binutils	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Feb 28, 2018 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7570 advisory

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