CVE-2018-6872

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    CVE-2018-6872

    Published: 9 Feb 2018Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    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: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html, https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ef135d4314fd4c2d7da66b9d7b59af4a85b0f7e6, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103103, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22788

    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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    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
    None
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    High
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