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Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-6872): binutils vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Feb 9, 2018

Added

Nov 19, 2024

Modified

Apr 16, 2026

Description

The elf_parse_notes function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation) via a note with a large alignment.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-binutils

References

CVE-2018-6872
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-6872
CWE-125
EUVD-EUVD-2018-18618
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-18618
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6872

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