CVE-2018-20002

mediumpriority · track · 23EPSS 0.018 · 79 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.82% (79th) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

9 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak via a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by nm.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.05.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.05.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.15.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-772USprimaryCWE-399US

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
GNU General Public License GNU Binutils≤ V2.31fstec_bduRU
Siemens AG SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518(F)-4 PN/DP MFP≤ V2.6.0fstec_bduRU
АО «НППКТ» ОСОН ОСнова Оnyx≤ 2.3fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition для «Эльбрус»≤ 8.1 «Ленинград»fstec_bduRU
f5 traffix signaling delivery controller= 4.4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:traffix_signaling_delivery_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 traffix signaling delivery controller5.0.0 → 5.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:traffix_signaling_delivery_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu binutils= 2.31nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp vasa provider≥ 7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:vasa_provider:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-12-10modified 2026-06-17

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