Denial of service in GNU Binutils

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU10447

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6872

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to a segmentation violation in the Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) note parser. A remote attacker can trick the victim into the opening the specially crafted ELF file, trigger an out-of-bounds read condition and cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

: 2.31

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3::::2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=patch;h=ef135d4314fd4c2d7da66b9d7b59af4a85b0f7e6

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.