CVE-2018-6543

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    CVE-2018-6543

    Published: 2 Feb 2018Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    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: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102985, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22769

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 8db5daf9efe8a6174d3b10ac7bba8c178836e9ce
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.30

    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
    None
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    Availability
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    High