ALPINE-CVE-2018-6872

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    ALPINE-CVE-2018-6872

    Published: 9 Feb 2018Last Modified: 19 Nov 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-6872

    Summary:

    Details: The elf_parse_notes 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 (out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation) via a note with a large alignment.

    References: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-6872

    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
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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