CVE-2018-18606

An issue was discovered in the merge_strings function in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_add_merge_section when attempting to merge sections with large alignments. A specially crafted ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:netapp:data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2018-10-23 17:29

Updated : 2024-02-04 20:03


NVD link : CVE-2018-18606

Mitre link : CVE-2018-18606

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-18606


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Products Affected

gnu

  • binutils

debian

  • debian_linux

netapp

  • data_ontap
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference