NULL pointer dereference in Binutils - CVE-2018-20651
Published: January 4, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16809
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20651
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Binutils
Binutils
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in elf_link_add_object_symbols in elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd). A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted ELF file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-20651
Install update from vendor's website.