VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-7568

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.93%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-02-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The parse_die function in dwarf1.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 (integer overflow and application crash) via an ELF file with corrupt dwarf1 debug information, as demonstrated by nm.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Primary references