CVE-2018-20651
mediumpriority · track · 23EPSS 0.022 · 83 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in elf_link_add_object_symbols in elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1. This occurs for a crafted ET_DYN with no program headers. A specially crafted ELF file allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.
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affected products (8)
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references (35)
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106440cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153865/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-201908-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01cnnvd
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24041cnnvd
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=54025d5812ff100f5f0654eb7e1ffd50f2e37f5fcnnvd
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38336243cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/libbfd-NULL-pointer-dereference-via-elf-link-add-object-symbols-30625cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.3833/cnnvd
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