{"id":"CVE-2018-20002","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-20002","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:04:13.563Z","title":"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…","description":"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.","published":"2018-12-10T02:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:52:09.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-772"],"affected":["gnu/binutils","netapp/vasa provider","f5/traffix signaling delivery controller"],"epss":{"score":0.01819,"percentile":0.78618,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.03019,"percentile":0.86804},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.01819,"percentile":0.77787}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.82%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106142","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23952","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c2f5dc30afa34696f2da0081c4ac50b958ecb0e9","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62602089","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106142","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23952","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c2f5dc30afa34696f2da0081c4ac50b958ecb0e9","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62602089","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20002","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}