PT-2018-2447
CVE-2018-18607
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Published
2018-10-23
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Updated
2024-06-15
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
GNU Binutils version 2.31
Description
The issue is related to a null pointer dereference in the
elf link input bfd function when searching for STT TLS symbols without any TLS section. This can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service using a specially crafted ELF file.Recommendations
For GNU Binutils version 2.31, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as the current version is affected by the null pointer dereference in the
elf link input bfd function.
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Researchers
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