VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-7208

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability2.21%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-02-18
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 the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, an index is not validated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references