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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-7569

dwarf2.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 (integer underflow or overflow, and application crash) via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM…

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 2.05%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.05%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

dwarf2.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 (integer underflow or overflow, and application crash) via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM block, as demonstrated by nm.

CVSS 3.0
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.05% probability · 80th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-190, CWE-191
Affected
gnu/binutils · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.