VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-7569

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.05%
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

dwarf2.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 underflow or overflow, and application crash) via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM block, as demonstrated by nm.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
  • CWE-191: Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

Primary references