PT-2018-3954
CVE-2018-10373
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Published
2018-04-14
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Updated
2024-06-15
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.8
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
GNU Binutils version 2.30
Description
The issue is related to the
concat filename function in the dwarf2.c component of the GNU Binutils, which is associated with NULL pointer dereference errors. This allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, via a crafted binary file.Recommendations
For GNU Binutils version 2.30, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as the current version is affected by the
concat filename function vulnerability in the dwarf2.c component. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. Found an issue in the description? Have something to add? Feel free to write us 👾