{"id":"CVE-2018-7208","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-7208","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:34:23.362Z","title":"In the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, an index is not validated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or…","description":"In the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, an index is not validated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object.","published":"2018-02-18T04:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:02:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["gnu/binutils","redhat/enterprise linux desktop","redhat/enterprise linux server","redhat/enterprise linux workstation"],"epss":{"score":0.02214,"percentile":0.82533,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.03901,"percentile":0.89838},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.02214,"percentile":0.81866}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103077","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22741","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103077","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22741","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7208","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."}