CVE-2018-20002

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    CVE-2018-20002

    Published: 10 Dec 2018Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak via a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by nm.

    References: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c2f5dc30afa34696f2da0081c4ac50b958ecb0e9, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106142, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01, https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62602089, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23952, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- af127c216949509e57ab2a28cc56c44e4e548813
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.31

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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    High