An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in _bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line in syms.c. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade binutils | Jul 30, 2024 | Sep 23, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade binutilsUpgrade binutils-devel | Sep 16, 2021 | Sep 23, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade binutils-develUpgrade binutils | Apr 16, 2020 | Sep 23, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade binutils-develUpgrade binutils | Nov 19, 2019 | Sep 23, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade binutils-develUpgrade binutils | Jun 27, 2019 | Sep 23, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade developer/gnu-binutils to version 2.32.0-11.4.9.0.1.1.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade developer/gnu-binutils-cross-sparc to version 2.32.0-11.4.9.0.1.1.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade developer/gnu-binutils-cross-i386 to version 2.32.0-11.4.9.0.1.1.0 on Solaris 11.4 | May 30, 2019 | Sep 23, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Sep 23, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade binutilsUpgrade cross-mips-binutilsUpgrade cross-riscv64-binutilsUpgrade cross-aarch64-binutilsUpgrade cross-arm-binutilsUpgrade libctf-nobfd0Upgrade cross-sparc64-binutilsUpgrade cross-ia64-binutilsUpgrade cross-hppa-binutilsUpgrade binutils-develUpgrade cross-avr-binutilsUpgrade cross-ppc64le-binutilsUpgrade cross-s390-binutilsUpgrade cross-ppc64-binutilsUpgrade libctf0Upgrade cross-sparc-binutilsUpgrade cross-i386-binutilsUpgrade cross-s390x-binutilsUpgrade cross-ppc-binutilsUpgrade cross-m68k-binutilsUpgrade binutils-goldUpgrade cross-epiphany-binutilsUpgrade binutils-devel-32bitUpgrade cross-rx-binutilsUpgrade cross-hppa64-binutilsUpgrade cross-spu-binutils | Oct 15, 2019 | Sep 23, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade binutils (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade binutilsUpgrade binutils-multiarchUpgrade binutils-multiarch (Ubuntu Pro) | Apr 23, 2020 | Sep 23, 2018 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Sep 23, 2018 |
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