VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-6543

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability2.28%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-02-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In GNU Binutils 2.30, there's an integer overflow in the function load_specific_debug_section() in objdump.c, which results in `malloc()` with 0 size. A crafted ELF file allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Primary references