VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-8945

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.99%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-03-22
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 bfd_section_from_shdr 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 (segmentation fault) via a large attribute section.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references