VDB
GHSA-m75f-wcjq-49mw
GHSA-m75f-wcjq-49mw
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022
The swap_std_reloc_in function in aoutx.h 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 (aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objcopy.
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
Timeline
- May 13, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 url
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032 url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17 url
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22887 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7642 advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=116acb2c268c89c89186673a7c92620d21825b25 url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html url