CVE-2018-20002
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 10, 2018
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 9, 2018
Description
The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak via a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by nm.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- 106142vdb-entry
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23952
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c2f5dc30afa34696f2da0081c4ac50b958ecb0e9
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62602089
- GLSA-201908-01vendor-advisory
- USN-4336-1vendor-advisory
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