NULL pointer dereference in Binutils - CVE-2018-17794
Published: September 30, 2018 / Updated: March 23, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36605
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17794
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Binutils
How to mitigate CVE-2018-17794
Install update from vendor's website.
Binutils - update to 2.32