CVE-2018-7208

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7208
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-7208.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-7208
Related
Published
2018-02-18T04:29:00Z
Modified
2025-02-04T08:52:42.623992Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In the coffpointerizeaux function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, an index is not validated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.7 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.30-r2

Affected versions

2.*

2.20.51.0.4-r1
2.20.51.0.12-r0
2.21-r0
2.21.1-r0
2.22-r0
2.22-r1
2.23-r0
2.23.1-r0
2.23.2-r0
2.23.2-r1
2.23.2-r2
2.23.2-r3
2.23.2-r4
2.23.2-r5
2.24-r0
2.24-r1
2.24-r2
2.24-r3
2.24-r4
2.24-r5
2.25-r0
2.25-r1
2.25-r2
2.25-r3
2.25.1-r0
2.26-r0
2.26.1-r0
2.27-r0
2.27-r1
2.28-r0
2.28-r1
2.28-r2
2.28-r3
2.30-r0
2.30-r1

Alpine:v3.8 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.30-r6

Affected versions

2.*

2.20.51.0.4-r1
2.20.51.0.12-r0
2.21-r0
2.21.1-r0
2.22-r0
2.22-r1
2.23-r0
2.23.1-r0
2.23.2-r0
2.23.2-r1
2.23.2-r2
2.23.2-r3
2.23.2-r4
2.23.2-r5
2.24-r0
2.24-r1
2.24-r2
2.24-r3
2.24-r4
2.24-r5
2.25-r0
2.25-r1
2.25-r2
2.25-r3
2.25.1-r0
2.26-r0
2.26.1-r0
2.27-r0
2.27-r1
2.28-r0
2.28-r1
2.28-r2
2.28-r3
2.30-r0
2.30-r1
2.30-r2
2.30-r3
2.30-r4
2.30-r5

Debian:11 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.30-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.30-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.30-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}