#VU11128 Memory corruption in Binutils - CVE-2018-6759 

 

#VU11128 Memory corruption in Binutils - CVE-2018-6759

Published: March 16, 2018 / Updated: March 20, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11128
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6759
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Binutils
Software vendor:
GNU

Description

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

The weakness exists in the bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 function due to boundary error. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

External links