ALPINE-CVE-2018-6543

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    ALPINE-CVE-2018-6543

    Published: 2 Feb 2018Last Modified: 19 Nov 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-6543

    Summary:

    Details: In GNU Binutils 2.30, there's an integer overflow in the function load_specific_debug_section() in objdump.c, which results in `malloc()` with 0 size. A crafted ELF file allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

    References: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-6543

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: binutils

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.30-r2

    Affected versions

    2.20.51.0.12-r0
    2.20.51.0.4-r1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High