Integer overflow in Binutils - CVE-2018-7643
Published: March 26, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11271
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7643
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the display_debug_ranges function due to the improper processing of crafted ELF files that contain DWARF information. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted ELF file, trigger integer overflow and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the display_debug_ranges function due to the improper processing of crafted ELF files that contain DWARF information. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted ELF file, trigger integer overflow and cause the service to crash.
Affected software
Binutils
Gentoo Linux
binutils (Alpine package)
Gentoo Linux
binutils (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2018-7643
Install update from vendor's website.
binutils (Alpine package) - update to 2.30-r2