CVE-2018-7208 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

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/103077 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22741

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8