VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-7570

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.48%
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 assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections function in elf.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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an ELF file with a RELRO segment that lacks a matching LOAD segment, as demonstrated by objcopy.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references