vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-20002: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Dec 10, 2018 | Aug 22, 2024 | Dec 5, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Dec 10, 2018
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Dec 5, 2025
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.
Solutions
alpine-linux-upgrade-binutilsalpine-linux-upgrade-binutils-avr
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